About the book: 2019 / Tyrion Lannister has not yet become a hostage to cruel fate, Bran Stark has not yet become a cripple, and the head of his father Ned Stark has not yet rolled off the scaffold. Not a single person in the Realms dares to even suggest that Daenerys Targaryen would ever be called the Mother of Dragons. Westeros has not brought the neighboring states into submission, and the Iron Throne, which, according to the saying, was forged in blood and fire, is far from being satisfied. History as old as the world itself comes from the pages of ancient manuscripts, and only we, septons, can separate true events from pathetic fables, and truth from slanderous slander. Sit down closer to the fire, good listeners, and you will know: - how King's Landing became the capital of the capitals - how glorious feats were accomplished beyond the imagination - and how brothers and sisters, fathers and mothers lost their minds in the bloody struggle for power - how the dragon tribe gradually gave way to dragons in human form - and also many others were and the ancients - funny and unspeakably terrible, rattling the iron of armor and playing song pipes, filling our hearts with pride and sadness…