A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire #2)A comet the color of blood and flame cuts across the sky. Two great leadersLord Eddard Stark and Robert Baratheonwho hold sway over an age of enforced peace are dead, victims of royal treachery. Now, from the ancient citadel of Dragonstone to the forbidding shores of Winterfell, chaos reigns. Six factions struggle for control of a divided land and the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms, preparing to stake their claims through tempest, turmoil, and war.