A Storm of Swords is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

Copyright © 2000 by George R. R. Martin
Excerpt from A Feast of Crows copyright © 2005 by George R. R. Martin
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Originally published in hardcover in the United States by Bantam Spectra, a division of Random House, Inc., in 2000.

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