With the great war for the Iron Throne seemingly over, new struggles begin. The Lannisters consolidate power in King’s Landing, the Martells of Dorne and the Starks of Winterfell seek vengeance for their dead, and the mysterious pirate Euron Greyjoy returns from the shattered ruins of Valyria to claim the Iron Isles. Meanwhile beyond the Wall, the dreaded Others stir, and apprentice Maester Samwell Tarly brings a strange babe to the Citadel. As intrigue and danger circle every castle and coast of Westeros, only the cold-hearted will survive