A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)

by George R.R. Martin

Men like Jon Arryn. He served as Lord of the Eyrie, as Warden of the East, as the Hand of the King. He will not be easy to replace.” “His son …” Ned began. “His son will succeed to the Eyrie and all its incomes,” Robert said brusquely. “No more.”