A Clash Of Kings: George R.R. MartinBook II of A Song Of Ice And Fire. Two great leaders Lord Eddard Stark and Robert Baratheon who held sway over an age of enforced peace are dead, victims of royal treachery. Now, from the ancient citadel of Dragonstone to the forbidding shores of Winterfell, chaos reigns. Six factions struggle for control of a divided land and the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms, preparing to stake their claims through tempest, turmoil, and war. Brother plots