Winter creeps across the land of Westeros, and the Seven Kingdoms are fractured by war, betrayal, and blood-feud. In the North, a savage force stirs beyond the Wall; in the South, the cunning Lannisters hold the Stark sisters prisoner; and the Iron Throne is drenched in the ambition of rivals. The old safeguards falter—and if the Wall is breached, no king will claim the realm.