When dealing with a masterpiece, only the best will do. That’s why writer Daniel Abraham and illustrator Tommy Patterson were chosen to adapt George R. R. Martin’s beloved fantasy classic A Game of Thrones as a graphic novel. And as anyone who has read the previous two collected volumes of the ongoing series can attest, the result has been a stunning tour de force faithful in every respect to its brilliant original.

In King’s Landing, Lord Eddard Stark of Winterfell—the Hand of King Robert Baratheon—is surrounded by enemies. Some are openly declared, such as Ser Jaime Lannister and his sister, Queen Cersei. Others are hidden in the shadows. Still others wear the smiling mask of friends. But all are deadly, as Eddard is about to discover.

Nor is the enmity between Eddard and the Lannister siblings the sole source of friction between these powerful noble families. For Tyrion Lannister, the Imp—whose stunted, twisted body houses the mind of a genius—has but lately won his freedom from Lady Catelyn Stark, Eddard’s wife, who had accused him of attempting to murder her youngest son, Brandon. Now he seeks out his father, his restless thoughts bent on revenge.

Far to the north, the bastard Jon Snow, newly sworn to the Night’s Watch, takes the first faltering steps toward a destiny stranger than he could ever dream—a destiny that will bring him face-to-face with unspeakable horrors from beyond the edge of the world.

While across the Narrow Sea, Daenerys Targaryen, wed to the great Dothraki warlord Khal Drogo, and pregnant with his child—a son prophesied to conquer the world—will see her own destiny take an unforeseen turn.

喬治 R·R·馬丁：是多本《紐約時報》上榜圖書暢銷排行榜小說的作者，其中包括廣受稱贊的《冰與火之歌》係列——《權力的遊戲》、《列王的紛爭》、《冰雨的風暴》、《群鴉的盛宴》還有《魔龍的狂舞》。作為編劇製片人，他還創作瞭《陰陽魔界》、《美女與野獸》以及一些未上映的電影和劇集試播集，在HBO劇集《權力的遊戲》中，他也擔任瞭執行製片人兼編劇。他與可愛的帕裏斯一起住在新墨西哥州的聖菲。

丹尼爾·亞伯拉罕：廣受好評的奇幻小說《漫長的代價》四部麯以及《匕首與金幣》的作者。他曾被提名雨果奬、星雲奬和世界奇幻奬，並贏得過國際恐怖協會奬。他也用M·L·N·漢諾威以及詹姆斯·S·A·科裏的筆名（與泰·弗蘭剋閤作）進行創作。

湯米·帕特森：創作過 Boom! Studios的《遙遠星際》，Dynamite Entertainment根據電影改編的《武士》，Zenescope Entertainment的《仙境傳說》中的《白夜》、《紅玫瑰》和《諷刺者》。