A Clash of Kings (A Song of Ice and Fire, #2)

by George R.R. Martin

“They say it comes as a herald before a king, to warn of fire and blood to follow.”

“The finest knight I ever saw was Ser Arthur Dayne, who fought with a blade called Dawn, forged from the heart of a fallen star. They called him the Sword of the Morning, and he would have killed me but for Howland Reed.”

“Because they are the knights of summer, and winter is coming.”

My most trusted advisers are a eunuch and a sellsword, and my lady’s a whore. What does that say of me?

And then the tall doors opened with a crash, and a freezing gale blew down the hall, and Robb came walking out of the night. Grey Wind stalked beside, eyes burning, and man and wolf alike bled from half a hundred savage wounds.