作为这个系列的第四部，《群鸦的盛宴》依旧继承了《冰与火之歌》恢宏的结构与庞大的世界观，却具体将前三部曲中的疑点一一提出，不啻是这个系列目前为止最精彩的一部！

在本书的一开始，塔斯的布琳正在寻找凯特琳夫人的女儿们，瑟曦太好变得丧心病狂，艾丽娅正在接受布拉佛西一位遮住脸的神秘怪客的训练；以这三个人物的故事为主轴，开展了一篇荡气回肠的冒险之旅。

当然，我们可以看到前三部曲中出现过的老面孔：琼恩•雪诺、泰温•兰尼斯特、丹妮丽丝‧坦格利安等；虽短暂有如惊鸿一瞥，不过我们会在第五部曲时再见到他们。

THE BOOK BEHIND THE FOURTH SEASON OF THE ACCLAIMED HBO SERIES GAME OF THRONES

Few books have captivated the imagination and won the devotion and praise of readers and critics everywhere as has George R. R. Martin's monumental epic cycle of high fantasy. Now, in A Feast for Crows, Martin delivers the long-awaited fourth book of his landmark series, as a kingdom torn asunder finds itself at last on the brink of peace . . . only to be launched on an even more terrifying course of destruction.

A FEAST FOR CROWS

It seems too good to be true. After centuries of bitter strife and fatal treachery, the seven powers dividing the land have decimated one another into an uneasy truce. Or so it appears. . . . With the death of the monstrous King Joffrey, Cersei is ruling as regent in King's Landing. Robb Stark's demise has broken the back of the Northern rebels, and his siblings are scattered throughout the kingdom like seeds on barren soil. Few legitimate claims to the once desperately sought Iron Throne still exist--or they are held in hands too weak or too distant to wield them effectively. The war, which raged out of control for so long, has burned itself out.

But as in the aftermath of any climactic struggle, it is not long before the survivors, outlaws, renegades, and carrion eaters start to gather, picking over the bones of the dead and fighting for the spoils of the soon-to-be dead. Now in the Seven Kingdoms, as the human crows assemble over a banquet of ashes, daring new plots and dangerous new alliances are formed, while surprising faces--some familiar, others only just appearing--are seen emerging from an ominous twilight of past struggles and chaos to take up the challenges ahead.

It is a time when the wise and the ambitious, the deceitful and the strong will acquire the skills, the power, and the magic to survive the stark and terrible times that lie before them. It is a time for nobles and commoners, soldiers and sorcerers, assassins and sages to come together and stake their fortunes . . . and their lives. For at a feast for crows, many are the guests--but only a few are the survivors.

From the Hardcover edition.