The Big Sandy Mountaineer -

This week Vicki picked a book about when knights were in power and things were not like now.

Called “KNIGHTS OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS” by George R. R. Martin, this story takes place nearly a century before the events of A GAME OF THRONES. A KNIGHT ON THE SEVEN KINGDOMS is the first three official prequel novellas to George R. R. Martin’s ongoing masterwork, A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE. These never before collected adventures recount an age when the Targaryen line still holds the Iron throne, and the memory of the last dragon has not yet passed from living consciousness.

Before Tyrion, Lennister and Podrick Payne there was Dunk and Egg. A young, naïve but ultimately courageous hedge knight, Ser Duncan the Tall towers above his rivals-------in stature if not experience. Tagging along is his diminutive squire, a boy called Egg------whose true name is hidden from all he and Dunk encounter. Though more improbably heroes may not be found in all of Westeros, great destinies lay ahead for these two-as do powerful foes, royal intrigue and outrageous exploits.

“THE KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS” is available now at the Big Sandy Library.