title: The World of Ice & Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones
author:  George R. R. Martin 
description: <b>George R. R. Martin</b> is the #1 <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of many novels, including the acclaimed series A Song of Ice and Fire<i>A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, </i>and<i> A Dance with Dragons</i>as well as <i>Tuf Voyaging, Fevre Dream, The Armageddon Rag, Dying of the Light, Windhaven</i> (with Lisa Tuttle),<i> </i>and<i> Dreamsongs Volumes I </i>and<i> II</i>. He is also the creator of <i>The Lands of Ice and Fire,</i> a collection of maps from A Song of Ice and Fire featuring original artwork from illustrator and cartographer Jonathan Roberts. As a writer-producer, Martin has worked on <i>The Twilight Zone, Beauty and the Beast, </i>and various feature films and pilots that were never made. He lives with the lovely Parris in Santa Fe, New Mexico.<br /> <br /> <b>Elio M. Garca, Jr.,</b> and <b>Linda Antonsson</b> founded and run the popular site Westeros.org, which is the definitive source for all things George R. R. Martin.
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  Targaryen History\), Author, George R. R. Martin, Imprint,
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  _Fire & Blood_ is a work of fiction. Names, places, and incidents are products
  of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to
  actual events, locales, or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.
  
  
  Copyright © 2018 by George R. R. Martin
  
  
  Illustrations copyright © 2018 by Penguin Random House LLC
  
  
  All rights reserved.
  
  
  Published in the United States by Bantam Books, an imprint of Random House, a
  division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York.
  
  
  BANTAM BOOKS and the HOUSE colophon are registered trademarks of Penguin
  Random House LLC.
  
  
  Portions of this book were previously published, some in an abridged form, as:
  
  
  “Conquest,” published in _The World of Ice & Fire_ by George R. R. Martin,
  Elio M. García, Jr., and Lin