About the book: 2018 / 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. A story as old as the world itself is leaving the pages of ancient manuscripts, and only we, the septons, can separate the true ones events from pathetic fables, and the truth from slanderous slander. Sit down closer to the fire, good listeners, and you will learn: how King’s Landing became the capital of capitals, how glorious deeds beyond imagination were accomplished, and how brothers and sisters, fathers and mothers lost their minds in the bloody struggle for power - as the dragon tribe gradually gave way to dragons in human form - and also many others were also ancient - funny and inexpressibly terrible, rattling the iron of armor and playing the choir pipes, filling our hearts with pride and sadness…