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Centuries before the events of A Game of Thrones, House Targaryen—the only family of dragonlords to survive the Doom of Valyria—took up residence on Dragonstone. Fire & Blood begins their tale with the legendary Aegon the Conqueror, creator of the Iron Throne, and goes on to recount the generations of Targaryens who fought to hold that iconic seat, all the way up to the civil war that nearly tore their dynasty apart. What really happened during the Dance of the Dragons? Why was it so deadly to visit Valyria after the Doom? What were Maegor the Cruel’s worst crimes? What was it like in Westeros when dragons ruled the skies? These are but a few of the questions answered in this essential chronicle, as related by a learned maester of the Citadel and featuring more than eighty-five black-and-white illustrations by artist Doug Wheatley—including five illustrations exclusive to the trade paperback edition. Readers have glimpsed small parts of this narrative in such volumes as The World of Ice & Fire, but now, for the first time, the full tapestry of Targaryen history is revealed.

Centuries before the events of A Game of Thrones, House Targaryen—the only family of dragonlords to survive the Doom of Valyria—took up residence on Dragonstone. Fire & Blood begins their tale with the legendary Aegon the Conqueror, creator of the Iron Throne, and goes on to recount the generations of Targaryens who fought to hold that iconic seat, all the way up to the civil war that nearly tore their dynasty apart.

Fiskadoro tiene catorce años y vive en los Cayos de Florida, en una comunidad de supervivientes del desastre nuclear que ha destruido el mundo. Durante el día ayuda a sus padres con la pesca en alta mar, aunque su verdadera aspiración es aprender a tocar el clarinete. Para lograrlo recurrirá a mister Cheung, manager de la Orquesta Sinfónica y viejo albacea de la cultura humana, que será su maestro y guía a través de las ruinas de la civilización y que además convive con su madre, una anciana obstinada en rememorar una y otra vez la caída de Saigón. En medio de este clima a un tiempo hostil y familiar, Fiskadoro deberá sobreponerse a las otras lecciones que conlleva crecer: saber despedirse cuando ya no queda nada y reponerse cuando queda todo por hacer. Fiskadoro es una novela de formación atípica: la historia de un adolescente que vive en un mundo que ha regresado bruscamente a su adolescencia. Una distopía sobre cómo salvar los restos del pasado y reconstruir su cultura en un mañana peligrosamente cercano al nuestro, contada por uno de los escritores estadounidenses más extraordinarios de las últimas décadas.