The Seven Kingdoms are divided by revolt and blood feud. In the northern wastes, a horde of hungry, savage people steeped in the dark magic of the wilderness is poised to invade the Kingdom of the North where Robb Stark wears his new-forged crown. And Robb^s defences are ranged against the South, the land of the cunning and cruel Lannisters, who have his young sisters in their power.