The Seven Kingdoms are divided by revolt and blood feud. Beyond the Wall, a horde of hungrf^pvage people steeped in the dark magic of the wilderness is poised to invade the Kingdom of the North. Throughout Westeros, the war for the Iron Throne rages more fiercely than ever, but if the Wall is breached, no king - or queen - will live to claim it. A Storm of Swords, Part One: Steel and Snow, the first half of Book Three of A Song of Ice and Fire, continues the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age.