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Fire and Blood

Fire and Blood

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  • Author：George R.R. Martin
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With all the fire and fury fans have come to expect from internationally bestselling author George R。 R。 Martin， this is the first volume of the definitive two-part history of the Targaryens in Westeros。

Centuries before the events of A Game of Thrones， House Targaryen—the only family of dragonlords to survive the Doom of Valyria—took up residence on Dragonstone。 Fire and Blood begins their tale with the legendary Aegon the Conqueror， creator of the Iron Throne， and goes on to recount the generations of Targaryens who fought to hold that iconic seat， all the way up to the civil war that nearly tore their dynasty apart。

What really happened during the Dance of the Dragons？ Why did it become so deadly to visit Valyria after the Doom？ What is the origin of Daenerys’s three dragon eggs？ These are but a few of the questions answered in this essential chronicle， as related by a learned maester of the Citadel and featuring more than eighty all-new black-and-white illustrations by artist Doug Wheatley。 Readers have glimpsed small parts of this narrative in such volumes as The World of Ice & Fire， but now， for the first time， the full tapestry of Targaryen history is revealed。

With all the scope and grandeur of Gibbon’s The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire， Fire and Blood is the ultimate game of thrones， giving readers a whole new appreciation for the dynamic， often bloody， and always fascinating history of Westeros。

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Reviews

Bontaş Mihai Alexandru ，

Revin zilele urmatoare cu o recenzie。。。

Julicke ，

An absolute monument of worldbuilding。 It really felt like I was reading an actual history and it was very interesting to see how much of a political an military influence dragons can be。 It became a slog to get through after a while though， with the literally hundreds of names of people， places， swords， dragons and more to keep track of。 The gorgeous illustrations helped in that regard by giving faces to characters。

Özer Avcu ，

Martin'in ASOIAF serisi sonrası herhalde en çok merak edilenin Targaryen dönemi olduğunu düşündüğü için yaratım anlamında evren genişletme adına bu döneme ışık tutma çabası Ateş ve Kan。 Oysa ki insanlar sadece devamını bekliyor Reis :） Tabi serinin fanları genel anlamda bu geçmiş dönemi merak edebilir， bu kadar heyecanlı bir dönem için de kitap yazılabilir ancak işin garibi Buz ve Ateşin Dünyası diye koca bir kitap da yazdırmadın mı Martin dede？ O kitabı yazanlar da olayları sana sorup öğrenip y Martin'in ASOIAF serisi sonrası herhalde en çok merak edilenin Targaryen dönemi olduğunu düşündüğü için yaratım anlamında evren genişletme adına bu döneme ışık tutma çabası Ateş ve Kan。 Oysa ki insanlar sadece devamını bekliyor Reis :） Tabi serinin fanları genel anlamda bu geçmiş dönemi merak edebilir， bu kadar heyecanlı bir dönem için de kitap yazılabilir ancak işin garibi Buz ve Ateşin Dünyası diye koca bir kitap da yazdırmadın mı Martin dede？ O kitabı yazanlar da olayları sana sorup öğrenip yazdı， onda da bir sürü illüstrasyon vardı falan。 Bu kitap öncesinde Buz ve Ateşin Dünyasını okuyan biri olarak kitabın yazılmasını aşırı gereksiz ve ticari kaygı + kendi kişisel egosu paralelinde gerçekleşen bir iş olarak gördüm。 Aynı Targeryen krallarını aynı tarihi üslup ile， yani tarihçe anlatım tercihi ile zaten tek tek Buz ve Ateşin Dünyasında okuyup detaylıca tanımıştık。 Kim kimle evlendi， kim kimle bozuştu。 Hangi çocuk kimdendi aman efendim kim neye çomak soktu falan Ateş ve Kanda bu tarihi olaylara eklenen bence sadece daha çok gereksiz detaylar olmuş。 Hangi ev kimin yanında， 7 ler nasıl tavır takınmış， şu küçük lord cuk kime koltuk çıkmış bu küçük lordcuk savaşırken nasıl mefta olmuş。。。 Sürekli aynı evler， dededen toruna geçen aynı isimler karmaşası vs ile 300 seneyi anlatan düz bir okuma geçirdik。 Grr Martin bu dönemi romanlaştırarak， karakter derinliği katıp Targaryenler ile bağ kurdurarak ve akışkanlık hedefleyerek yazmış olsa belki mükemmel bir şey ortaya çıkabilirdi。 Ama bir tarihi bilgi kaynağı yazmış ki bunu zaten önceden başkalarına yazdırmışsın。 Açıkçası ciddi vakit kaybı olarak görüyorum， ancak serinin ve evrenin ciddi severleri düşük beklenti ve ana seri ile kıyaslayama yapmayacak şekilde tabi ki okuyabilir diye düşünüyorum。 Bu yorumu büyük yayınevlerimizden epsilon ve fantastik dalında isimli 2 adet profilli çevirmenimizden bahsetmeden bitirmek olmaz。 Rezalet bir iş çıkarmışsınız， tebrik ederim。 Ki bu çevirmen diye adı geçen arkadaşlar ithaki de de editör-direktör vs bişi değiller mi？ bu adamlar tam kadrolu değil mi nasıl gidip bi de epsilona çeviri yapıyorlar diye kendi kendime kafaya taktım önce， sonra sektörün kalitesini bir daha düşünüp saldım :） Herhalde akşam evde yemek yaparken， bulaşık yıkarken bir yandan bunu çevirmişler， bu özensizlik anca böyle açıklanır :） Bazı yerde İngilizce， bazı yerde Türkçe geçen terimler/aile isimleri， bol bol harf ve imla hataları， isimleri aynı sayfa içinde karıştırmalar filan bütün kitaba parça parça yayılmış ama hiç bunlara girmeye gerek yok。 Yayınevi ve kitapta emeği geçenlerin özensizliklerini örneklemek için tek bir nokta yeterli。 Elimde kitabın hem ciltli hem de karton kapak baskısı var。 Ciltlisi çıkınca onu da edinmiştim。 Okumaya ciltli kitap ile başladım ve ilk sayfanın ilk cümlesinin 5。 kelimesinde harf hatası ile başladık！ Üstatları yerine üsta ları yazan ilk cümle ile şoka uğramışken， bir de karton kapaklı edisyona bakayım dedim ki o da ne？ Karton kapakta bu kelime hatasız :D :D yahu daha geç basılan cilti kitapta doğru kelimeyi nasıl hatalı hale getirebildiniz？ :D Ülkenin alım gücü ve kalite düşüklüğüne bir kez daha dem vurarak bu macerayı da unutulup gideceklere ekledim maalesef。 。。。more

Jodie Boast ，

The idea of this book is brilliant and the fact that there is so much depth and detail to a family in the gameOf thrones series is so interesting but it just didn’t excite me like the books in a song of ice and fire！ I wasn’t excited to read on。 Although very interesting， it really wasn’t my fave。 I bet the series is good！

Adrián ，

Que el libro tenga la estructura de libro de historia puede alejar a mucha gente。 Y es una pena。 No es la esperada secuela pero es una precuela que complementa su universo。 Cuenta la historia de Poniente alrededor de la dinastía reinante: los Targaryen。 Desde Aegon el Conquistador， las guerras por las distintas sucesiones， la Danza de Dragones etc。。。 Y aunque no es esa novela río de distintas tramas alrededor del conflicto， está más encauzado， los personajes tienen su personalidad y su carisma， Que el libro tenga la estructura de libro de historia puede alejar a mucha gente。 Y es una pena。 No es la esperada secuela pero es una precuela que complementa su universo。 Cuenta la historia de Poniente alrededor de la dinastía reinante: los Targaryen。 Desde Aegon el Conquistador， las guerras por las distintas sucesiones， la Danza de Dragones etc。。。 Y aunque no es esa novela río de distintas tramas alrededor del conflicto， está más encauzado， los personajes tienen su personalidad y su carisma， los acontecimientos son impactantes y aunque hay momentos áridos creo que es un libro entretenido en su mayor parte， yo creo que hay reinados demasiados largos。 Pero al imitar la prosa y la estructura de un libro de historia hasta cierto punto es inevitable。 Es un muy buen complemento para fanáticos de la saga。 。。。more

David ，

Falcon Crest en Westeros。Los Targaryan son los Channing del mundo imaginado por George RR Martin。Si te gustan las sagas familiares con cientos de personajes interrelacionados unos con otros， las intrigas， las puñaladas traperas。。。 este es tu libro。O los dragones， también salen dragones y echan fuego。。。 qué más quieres？！

Laflut ，

My favorite part was the one with Jahaerys I and Alysanne and all the wrongs they knew with their children。

Diana Clark ，

Just didn’t grab meJust didn’t grab me。 Not a bad book but not a great one either。 Hard to follow all the characters。

Bekks Reads Books ，

When it was announced the GRRM was dropped a new book， I know that I， as well as 99% of the GoT fans， hoped it would be Winds of Winter。But in Fire and Blood， GRRM has really added more depth to an already incredible， immersive world and I couldn't wait to find out more about such a messed up family！ It was so good。 I listened to the audiobook and it was so well narrated。 Highly recommended！ When it was announced the GRRM was dropped a new book， I know that I， as well as 99% of the GoT fans， hoped it would be Winds of Winter。But in Fire and Blood， GRRM has really added more depth to an already incredible， immersive world and I couldn't wait to find out more about such a messed up family！ It was so good。 I listened to the audiobook and it was so well narrated。 Highly recommended！ 。。。more

Li Potato ，

Not my cup of tea。 More of a （fictional） secondary source than a novel， Fire and Blood was。。。 mediocre。 The occasional inappropriate remarks by Mushroom， the beautiful illustration and the witty dialogue can only do so much to a book that is focused on wars and policies and petty men。 There were highlights。 Aegon's Conquest is described in much detail and a great deal of powerful lines were delivered。 I absolutely enjoyed reading about Viserys I's reign。 The set up for the Dance of the Dragons w Not my cup of tea。 More of a （fictional） secondary source than a novel， Fire and Blood was。。。 mediocre。 The occasional inappropriate remarks by Mushroom， the beautiful illustration and the witty dialogue can only do so much to a book that is focused on wars and policies and petty men。 There were highlights。 Aegon's Conquest is described in much detail and a great deal of powerful lines were delivered。 I absolutely enjoyed reading about Viserys I's reign。 The set up for the Dance of the Dragons was impressive。 （view spoiler）[ You feel the struggles of Viserys I。 He really wants his wife and his daughter to like each other。 Yet we， as readers， can only watch as the Blacks and the Greens grow more and more hostile under their disguise of a big happy family。 （hide spoiler）] I definitely need to take a look at "The Princess and the Queen" and "The Rogue Prince" for that matter。Neither the Blacks nor the Greens are truly likeable。 （view spoiler）[ Alicent Hightower is an ambitious woman who is clever， cautious and proud。 Sometimes downright toxic。 Daemon Targaryen is your classic bad boy。 To him， wars are games to keep him distracted。 He's fun， but also cruel。 "An eye for an eye， a son for a son" and the consequent cold-blooded murder of Prince Jaehaerys has to be one of the most chilling moments in the book。 Rhaenyra makes some questionable choices。 Aegon the Elder is an idiot and Aemond is just insufferable。 （hide spoiler）] The actual civil war had sections that seemed to drag on and on and on 。 They didn't seem to be necessary and I felt myself wither away。 This happened several times throughout the book which gave me the impression that maybe it was unnecessarily complex。 Names and places are thrown around constantly and it's easy to get lost。 I would argue that the key to successful world building isn't to make it as complicated as possible。If you're looking for a book to pass time， this is not it。 If you are a die-hard ASOIAF fan， go ahead and purchase this to complete your collection， but this book isn't necessary for a thorough understanding of the main series。 。。。more

Kelly ，

So it's 100 year history of Westeros at the beginning of the Dragon Kings。 It reads fast and some characters are goid （but not a lot if definition）。 So it's 100 year history of Westeros at the beginning of the Dragon Kings。 It reads fast and some characters are goid （but not a lot if definition）。 。。。more

Soreti ，

Meh

Michael ，

A good history on Westeros。

Catalina Berrocal ，

Ni se acerca a la saga Canción de Hielo y Fuego， aparte de la Danza de los Dragones el libro no despierta mucha emoción， tal vez sólo sirva para conocer el legado de los Targaryen， pero tampoco es que sea indispensable

Colleen Martin ，

This （very long） summation of the history of the Targaryens as rulers in Westeros held my attention through Jaehaerys and Alysanne。。。then it got tedious。 There are just too many branches on that particular family tree。 Without having the written genealogy in front of me， it was damned near impossible to remember who was who， and the whole point of listening to the audiobook is because I didn’t *want* to read the book。 While mildly entertaining （until it bogged itself down）， this “history” would This （very long） summation of the history of the Targaryens as rulers in Westeros held my attention through Jaehaerys and Alysanne。。。then it got tedious。 There are just too many branches on that particular family tree。 Without having the written genealogy in front of me， it was damned near impossible to remember who was who， and the whole point of listening to the audiobook is because I didn’t *want* to read the book。 While mildly entertaining （until it bogged itself down）， this “history” would have been more welcome after ASOIAF wrapped。 I join the incredulous chorus of long-time， long-suffering readers who cannot believe that GRRM chose to focus on this instead of “The Winds of Winter。” 。。。more

Kovua ，

No esperaba que este libro fuera a modo de relato intradiegético en el cual un maestro de La Ciudadela nos retratara las historias de los seis primeros reyes de Poniente， pero claramente ese cambio brusco de formato entre la saga de canción de Hielo y Fuego no decepciona。 Martin hace las cosas bien， aunque siento que dejar la historia en Aegon III pudo ser anticlimático， ya que justo se nos dice que en su reinado se extinguieron los dragones de los Targaryen y que su hermano terminaría por ser i No esperaba que este libro fuera a modo de relato intradiegético en el cual un maestro de La Ciudadela nos retratara las historias de los seis primeros reyes de Poniente， pero claramente ese cambio brusco de formato entre la saga de canción de Hielo y Fuego no decepciona。 Martin hace las cosas bien， aunque siento que dejar la historia en Aegon III pudo ser anticlimático， ya que justo se nos dice que en su reinado se extinguieron los dragones de los Targaryen y que su hermano terminaría por ser importante。 Y tenemos personajes geniales， como Alyn Puño de Roble o el mismo Corlys Velaryon， bufones como Champiñón o también personajes tan pintorescos como El Viejo Rey。 Todos ellos son espléndidos， estas historias son conmovedoras y el mundo de Martin sería perfecto para un universo de 1000 novelas con todos esos bellos personajes que están en sus libros。。。 Pero este es solo un libro recopilatorio， y está muy bien， solo que me sienta mal que de este modo estas opciones para excelentes historias queden solo aquí， y en el futuro， quizás en prosa de otros autores。 Este libro es entretenido， gordo y genial。 Me encanta， solo que hay temas que se pudieron abordar mejor y me siento algo triste que este mundo tan vivo tenga un libro tan pequeño para su gran magnificencia。 。。。more

Christine Seijas ，

I enjoyed reading the Game of Thrones books - though not the show， which was nothing but garbage - however， I think Martin has finally lost his mind。 He has spent untold years creating a fake world， filled with fake people， fake battles， fake alliances。。。。and dragons。 His first efforts， having been met with wide acclaim for their inventiveness， have apparently sent him further into this fake world， where he has compiled the most boring list of fakery， yet。 I read over 150 pages of this 706 page I enjoyed reading the Game of Thrones books - though not the show， which was nothing but garbage - however， I think Martin has finally lost his mind。 He has spent untold years creating a fake world， filled with fake people， fake battles， fake alliances。。。。and dragons。 His first efforts， having been met with wide acclaim for their inventiveness， have apparently sent him further into this fake world， where he has compiled the most boring list of fakery， yet。 I read over 150 pages of this 706 page tome - waiting for a story to emerge - only to discover that there was no point to the whole thing。 An excerpt: "These are the names of Aegon's Seven， as written in the White Book of the Kingsguard: Ser Richard Roote; Ser Addison Hill， Bastard of Cornfield; Ser Gregor Goode; Ser Griffith Goode， his brother; Ser Humfrey the Mummer; Ser Robin Darklyn， called Darkrobin; and Ser Corlys Velaryon， Lord Commander。" Some of them are killed on the next page。 Why list them all for us？ YAWN！ There is a litany of this type of meaningless detail。 It's like entering the mind of a madman to turn the pages。 My time， and I would venture to say， the time of any other reader would be better spent reading a REAL book of REAL history。 I read for entertainment and enlightenment。 This book accomplishes neither。 And。。。。。。there's a SECOND ONE？？？？？ 。。。more

Marta Simona ，

i didn't think i could possibly become even more invested in the world GRMM has conjured up in his books， but i have become even more invested。 i am immersed。 i love it i didn't think i could possibly become even more invested in the world GRMM has conjured up in his books， but i have become even more invested。 i am immersed。 i love it 。。。more

The Magician ☀️ ，

Intriguing history of Targaryens！ Love it

Anat ，

True to the title， this “historical text” had a lot of fire and blood （and incest， lots of that too。）The tv show is going to be 🔥 Kudos to Mr。 Martin for writing whatever inspires him， even though we are all waiting for the next book（s） of the actual series。

K。 Feron ，

It was awful， I couldn’t keep up with the stories that took place。 I did not enjoy it but I only pushed through so I didn’t feel like I was wasting my money。

Massimo Borio ，

divertente， mai monotono， ma francamente superfluo。

Madison Johnson ，

All'inizio ho fatto un po' di fatica a ingranare， poi sono entrata nel "gioco" e me lo sono abbastanza scolato， nonostante questa forma ibrida che imita una cronaca。 Alcune cose sono più evidenti che il ASoIaF e la "conta delle uova" mi fa pensare cose cosose， ma in realtà voglio solo che si muova a scrivere il resto， maledetto。 Also， quel "libro primo" significa chiaramente che c'è ne sarà un secondo e io voglio un pochiiiiiiiiìno picchiare il nostro bene amato George。 All'inizio ho fatto un po' di fatica a ingranare， poi sono entrata nel "gioco" e me lo sono abbastanza scolato， nonostante questa forma ibrida che imita una cronaca。 Alcune cose sono più evidenti che il ASoIaF e la "conta delle uova" mi fa pensare cose cosose， ma in realtà voglio solo che si muova a scrivere il resto， maledetto。 Also， quel "libro primo" significa chiaramente che c'è ne sarà un secondo e io voglio un pochiiiiiiiiìno picchiare il nostro bene amato George。 。。。more

Pablo Rodríguez ，

This book and The World of Ice and Fire are unbearable， far worse than the wonderful asoiaf novels。 Most of it feels like lazy world building because yay， and when it tells a well thought out story， it is ruined by the horrible style of narrative， totally emotionless。 Even if you consider it as a fictional history book， it isn't well done。 The ways in which it talks about about private manners， or popular proverbs， or specific conversations， etc， isn't believable。And people claim that this is li This book and The World of Ice and Fire are unbearable， far worse than the wonderful asoiaf novels。 Most of it feels like lazy world building because yay， and when it tells a well thought out story， it is ruined by the horrible style of narrative， totally emotionless。 Even if you consider it as a fictional history book， it isn't well done。 The ways in which it talks about about private manners， or popular proverbs， or specific conversations， etc， isn't believable。And people claim that this is like George R。R。 Martin's Silmarillion？ It's already a complete misunderstanding to think Tolkien and Martin have much in common， but， pretending this is like the Silmarillion？？？？ Not only the Silmarillion is a masterpiece far beyond Fire and Blood， but also the themes of the story are completely different。All in all， reading this was as literarily valuable as reading those merch-like book guides to the Star Wars movies or some shit like that。And I couldn't disagree more with those haters who rejected this book because it isn't Winds of Winter。 。。。more

Kylea Lawn ，

The story telling was very well done， especially for such a long and detailed novel。 At times I had to push through to read it， but right when I started to feel the hard push it got very interesting。 I can’t wait to read another one of GRRM’s books。

MrFux ，

Nice story but a bit boring to read。 Too many Lords， names and titles it's hard too keep track on who is who。 Nice story but a bit boring to read。 Too many Lords， names and titles it's hard too keep track on who is who。 。。。more

Bruna Silva ，

I wanted to read this before any GOT prequel came out but also to know more about Westerosi lore of course。 Some people compare this to The Silmarrilion but I think it's quite different; it is history yes， but Tolkien's book has a LOT more。 Said that， Fire and Blood is better since I retained more of its plot and characters， so it has better pacing no doubt。 Excited to see HBO's take on the Dance of Dragons。 I wanted to read this before any GOT prequel came out but also to know more about Westerosi lore of course。 Some people compare this to The Silmarrilion but I think it's quite different; it is history yes， but Tolkien's book has a LOT more。 Said that， Fire and Blood is better since I retained more of its plot and characters， so it has better pacing no doubt。 Excited to see HBO's take on the Dance of Dragons。 。。。more

Joe ，

This book really should have 3 ratings。 One for those who want to keep reading the GOT series （3 Stars）， one for those who have given up on the series （2 Stars） and one for the illustrations （2 stars）。 The book reads like a history book and is %75 tedious and marginally interesting， %25 very good。 So why read it really if not to keep the story alive waiting for a decade for the next book in the series， a series that may never be finished。 The illustrations are mostly very good， dramatic， and kee This book really should have 3 ratings。 One for those who want to keep reading the GOT series （3 Stars）， one for those who have given up on the series （2 Stars） and one for the illustrations （2 stars）。 The book reads like a history book and is %75 tedious and marginally interesting， %25 very good。 So why read it really if not to keep the story alive waiting for a decade for the next book in the series， a series that may never be finished。 The illustrations are mostly very good， dramatic， and keep the book from becoming too boring but sometimes the perspective is off in the drawing。 You really do not need to read this book， it just adds a little history and depth to the series but doesn't really add anything to the narrative。 Now I know it this isn't relative to the book， but why the heck write such a long and intricate book when you are maybe 1/2 way through your series， and so many years from the last book which had no ending？ Has George possibly bitten off more than he can chew and is thus avoiding， or unable， to continue the series？ Get some other authors to help if that what it takes！ Honestly， I don't think I will continue the series until it has a narrative end， which means likely I won't， so for any who haven't read the series， give that some consideration。 Then again， if it is going the same direction as the TV series final season， I definitely will not continue！ 。。。more

Katie Hamilton ，

Had to finally make it DNF。 Usually that’s an automatic 1 star but I did genuinely enjoy it while I was reading。 It just dragged forever and there were so many places and names。 Too much like reading a European history book。 Although formatting it as story did help。

Laura ，

For a GRRM novel in a historical format I was preparing to fall asleep sitting up reading this （received book as a gift， not sure I would have picked it up otherwise tbh）， however it was quite good and definitely had better editing that some of the main series。 Only real complaint I would have liked for a more natural climax as the ending felt kinda flat。 I didn’t feel on the edge of my seat to pick up the next book。 Overall， not bad。

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