From the ancient citadel of Dragonstone to the forbidding shores of Winterfell, chaos reigns as pretenders to the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms prepare to stake their claims. As a prophecy of doomcuts across the sky - a comet the colour of blood and flame - five factions struggle for the control of divided land. Against a backdrops of incest and fratricide, alchemy and murder, the price of glory is measured in blood.