This is the second novel in the Song of Fire and Ice series. R.R. Martin is an amazing author. He is a wordsmith of greatness and he does an amazing job of creating an entire world full of betrayal, love, families, and magic. This is an instance where the novel is amazing, but the show is too. On a side note, I think they did an amazing thing by making this into a show instead of going the movie root. This allows for much more detail and does not disappoint fans. A Clash of Kings carries on the story of everyone who is fighting for the Iron Thorn. It is a bloody battle to rule a kingdom that is changing. The only get more complicated and grows into a great beast. While reading I cannot help but ask where can we go from here? Even for non-fantasy readers, these novels are engaging, fun and at some points shocking. R.R. Martin does not hold true to conventional ideas and anything can happen. His novels are refreshing for this reason. Like The Wire, no character is safe and that makes is so much more true to real life. Yes, the world is magnificent and not at all possible, but the reader is able to connect with the human stories that are told. A Clash of Kings is a great second books that helps to further push the story of the Lannisters, Starks, Baratheons and Daenerys Targaryen along in ways that are unexpected, new and sometimes shocking to the reader (though it could be argued that nothing could shock the reader more than what occurred at the end of the first novel). I cannot wait to the third novel and see where this story goes. Considering that R.R. Martin refuses to rush the new, yet unpublished novels, I just know the entire planned seven books will continue to delight readers across the globe.
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