A Game of Thrones, by George R. R. Martin
(1996)
A Game of Thrones was on the telly recently. So I thought I would give the book a go. The first book in the series A Song of Ice and Fire (currently up to five books), Thrones introduces the feudal empire of Westeros, made up of the Seven Kingdoms. This is fantasy on a epic scale, but the sorcery and fantastic elements, that you come to expect, are actually kept to a minimum, and politics and social relationships are more
