Fire & Blood HBO Tie-in Edition

<b>#1 <i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER</b>• <b>The thrilling history of the Targaryens comes to life in this masterly work, the inspiration for HBO’s <i>Game of Thrones</i> prequel series <i>House of the Dragon<br></i></b><br><b>“The thrill of <i>Fire & Blood</i> is the thrill of all Martin’s fantasy work: familiar myths debunked, the whole trope table flipped.”—<i>Entertainment Weekly</i></b><br><br>Centuries before the events of <i>A Game of Thrones,</i> House Targaryen—the only family of dragonlords to survive the Doom of Valyria—took up residence on Dragonstone. <i>Fire & Blood</i> 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.<b><i><br></i></b><br>What really happened during the Dance of the Dragons? Why was it so deadly to visit V