Novelist Daniel Abraham and illustrator Tommy Patterson are not merely turning George R. R. Martin’s epic fantasy A Game of Thrones into a graphic novel: They are meticulously translating one art form into another, and capturing the intricate nuances of Martin’s novels just as HBO is doing with the blockbuster series. The Abraham/Patterson collaboration is more than just a faithful adaptation. It is a labor of love—and a thrilling masterwork in its own right.

Now, in the second volume, the sweeping action moves from the icy north, where the bastard Jon Snow seeks to carve out a place for himself among bitter outcasts and hardened criminals sworn to service upon the Wall . . . to the decadent south and the capital city of King’s Landing, where Jon’s father, Lord Eddard Stark, serves as the Hand of King Robert Baratheon amid a nest of courtly vipers . . . to the barbarian lands across the Narrow Sea, where the young princess Daenerys Targaryen has found the unexpected in her forced marriage to the Dothraki warlord Khal Drogo: love—and with it, for the first time in her life, power.

Meanwhile, the dwarf Tyrion Lannister, accused by Lady Catelyn Stark of the attempted murder of her now-crippled youngest son, must call upon all his cunning and wit to survive when he is captured and imprisoned in the lofty dungeons of the Eyrie, where Lady Stark’s sister—a woman obsessed with vengeance against all Lannisters—rules. But Catelyn’s impulsive arrest of the Imp will set in motion a series of violent events whose outcome is fated to shake the world at the worst possible moment. For now is not the time for private feuds and bloodthirsty ambitions.

Winter is coming . . . and with it, terrors beyond imagining.

乔治 R·R·马丁，美国作家，他的许多作品都是《纽约时报》图书销售榜第一位。2011年，《时代》周刊将马丁评为“全世界最有影响力的一百位人物”之一。

丹尼尔·亚伯拉罕，美国作家、剧作家，曾将乔治 R·R·马丁的两部小说改编为漫画小说，并获得国际恐怖协会奖。

汤米·帕特森，是美国漫画家，著有原创漫画《遥远星际》，以及数部电影改编漫画。

屈畅，四川大学文艺复兴方向研究生，《科幻世界》杂志社前主力编辑，现史诗图书负责人。主要翻译作品有《冰与火之歌》系列、《巨龙的颂歌——世界奇幻史》等。

唐朝栗子，就读于上海交通大学，HBO剧集《权力的游戏》的主力字幕翻译者，百度冰与火之歌贴吧吧主。

Pksunking，喜欢看《豪斯医生》的医生，奥德赛公会论坛版主，Truth in Fantasy 工作室组长，奇幻文学爱好者。