A Game Of Thrones

Assuming that you're not a hermit or living under a rock, you've heard of George R. R. Martin's famous book, A Game Of Thrones. Many people are only aware of the HBO tv series Game Of Thrones, but the books did come first just in case anyone was wondering. I guess that this is a book review or recommendation, but I just want to write about the series a bit. I read it over the summer after purchasing the five book box set, which happened to be 5000+ pages. None the less I tore through the books, nearly crying as my favorite characters were slaughtered, and laughing at the few well placed jokes. People who have watched the show or read the books may know the saying, "Nothing is sacred." You know that time where you were reading Harry Potter and somebody important dies, like his parents for instance, and then they somehow find a way to make peace with Harry? Well there's none of that in A Song of Ice and Fire, the name for the chronicle. Death is swift and brutal, making you wince as you read the words. The books are filled with plot twists, causing you to second guess every death, in the hope that, "What? No way! They did not just die! They're probably just playing dead, maybe? They can't die, {insert name here} is way too valuable to the plot!" But then you realise that it really is their head on a pike over some castle wall. As you probably guessed, the story is set in medieval  times, with swords, bows, and not other technology, but there is also an air of mythology around Westeros, the continent where most of the plot unfolds. Mythical creatures roam the other side of the giant wall, where it is always winter. Only the starks remember through the long summer, that winter is coming, and that no one is safe. As well as A Game Of Thrones, his other books are: A Clash Of Kings,  A Storm Of Swords, A Feast For Crows, and finally, A Dance With Dragons. I highly recommend this series to anyone who likes mythology and magic, or medieval times.