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  • A Storm of Swords

  • A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 3
  • Written by: George R.R. Martin
  • Narrated by: Roy Dotrice
  • Length: 47 hrs and 34 mins
  • 4.9 out of 5 stars (1,860 ratings)

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A Storm of Swords

Written by: George R.R. Martin
Narrated by: Roy Dotrice
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Publisher's Summary

Of the five contenders for power, one is dead, another in disfavor, and still the wars rage as violently as ever, as alliances are made and broken. Joffrey, of House Lannister, sits on the Iron Throne, the uneasy ruler of the land of the Seven Kingdoms. His most bitter rival, Lord Stannis, stands defeated and disgraced, the victim of the jealous sorceress who holds him in her evil thrall. But young Robb, of House Stark, still rules the North from the fortress of Riverrun. Robb plots against his despised Lannister enemies, even as they hold his sister hostage at King's Landing, the seat of the Iron Throne. Meanwhile, making her way across a blood-drenched continent is the exiled queen, Daenerys, mistress of the only three dragons still left in the world....

But as opposing forces maneuver for the final titanic showdown, an army of barbaric wildlings arrives from the outermost line of civilization. In their vanguard is a horde of mythical Others, a supernatural army of the living dead whose animated corpses are unstoppable. As the future of the land hangs in the balance, no one will rest until the Seven Kingdoms have exploded in a veritable storm of swords....

©2000 George R.R. Martin (P)2004 Books On Tape, Inc., published in arrangement with Random House Audio Group, a division of Random House, Inc.

What the critics say

  • Locus Award, 2001

"Richly imagined." (Publishers Weekly)
"A riveting continuation of a series whose brilliance continues to dazzle." (The Patriot News)
"I always expect the best from George R. R. Martin, and he always delivers." (Robert Jordan)
"High fantasy with a vengeance!" (San Diego Union-Tribune)

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The chapters are out of order

Save your credit and save your $$ as the chapters are out of order and Audible has done nothing to fix it. I downloaded this book and the chapters are completely out of order. I called audible and did all of the troubleshooting and the chapters are still out of order. Audible opened a case file saying that this had been happening to others and said they would contact me. It has been nearly a week and I have still not been contacted. This book was ruined for me as characters kept dying and coming back to life and it was incredibly frustrating which was compounded by the fact that audible has done nothing to rectify it.

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The chapters aren’t in the correct order!
Messed up the entire story and spoiled it

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Very frustrated!!!!!!!

I spent 47 hours trying to understand why the Author would jump back and forth in the timelines. Had I read the reviews first, I would have learned that this audio book has all of the chapters mixed up. When I reached (what I thought was) the end, a narrator stated there was another part of the book in my Library. this only added to the confusion. It turns out that the ending chapters had already been played and the middle section appeared last , this is completely unacceptable, specially since the issue has been brought to your attention. I am sorry if this is confusing - welcome to my experience. I'm seriously thinking about canceling my subscription. Unbelievable.

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Chapters out of order

I’m very familiar with this series, and love the story. However I’ve given the performance a poor review because all the chapters are out of order, which really takes away from the story. I noticed when Jamie’s chapters (3 and 31) were interchanged, which confused his whole timeline. Also inconvenient as I listen to these as I drive and I can’t search around the chapters for the right one when the story strays.

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Great audiobook!

I was a little skeptical to buy this audiobook because of the bad reviews saying that chapters were skipped or omitted but mine played through fine. Very entertaining!

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  • 2019-02-18

Sometimes Less is More

I am not referring to the length of the book. The book is as long as it needs to be. I am talking about the narrator. He uses a lot of obnoxious voices and it takes you out of the story. It's a distraction.

But here is what is really irritating: he can't pronounce a large number of the names. Gendry is "gentry". Brienne is "BRI-een". Petyr is "Puh-Tire". I think he also gets Varys wrong, but I can't quite recall.

If half the characters sounding like pirates or hearing "Brienne" and "Petyr" repeatedly pronounced incorrectly are deal breakers for you, it's a HARD pass. If not, it's an excellent book.

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a lot of the chapter times dont line up..

great voice acting as usual, but the chapter start times dont sync up. basically you will have a chapter with arya go into next one on display, so the chapter will say sam or jon while there is still 3 or 4 minutes of the previous chapter with Arya still playing.

Follow up, several chapters are like this with the timing not being right.

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Narrator

Some of the names of characters and places are pronounced incorrectly by the narrator I.e Petyr Balish, Brienne and also Lys to name a few. Chapters seem ok to me!
I like the different voices the reader creates except for Mormont’s raven! Corn! Corn! Corn! Corn!
Awesome series of books.

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  • 2019-10-24

The Chapters Are In Order

I saw a lot of reviews saying how the chapters are not in order. I have a copy of the book at home, so I took a picture of each chapter to make sure the audio book was in order. The chapters are in order.
This was definitely my favorite book so far!!

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  • 2018-12-05

I wish I had read the reviews

The entire book is out of order!? Not sure how this happened. I am very confused now about the plot and what happens when. I wish that audible would rectify this issue.

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