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The first volume of a definitive two-part history of the Targaryens in Westeros is set centuries before the events of "A Game of Thrones" and answers key questions about the dynasty's origins, conflicts and relationships with dragons.

"After a long and bloody war, Scotland has finally won its independence. But Highland dragon Moiread MacAlasdair knows peace balances on the edge of a blade, and she will do anything to keep her homeland from falling to English control. Even if that means escorting a powerful new ally into the otherworld itself...and defending him with her life. Madoc of Avandos is on a critical mission to cement alliances against the British. Powerful men would kill...

In the aftermath of a colossal battle, the future of the Seven Kingdoms hangs in the balance -- beset by newly emerging threats from every direction. In the East, Daenerys Targaryen, the last scion of House Targaryen, rules with her three dragons as queen of a city built on dust and death. But Daenerys has thousands of enemies. As they gather, one young man embarks up in his own quest for the queen, with an entirely different goal in mind. Fleeing...

Ysolde de Bochier works to convince an archimage to lift the spell controlling her magic, while trying to make peace between her light dragon mate, Baltic, and his weyr and rescuing a half-dragon damsel who is in way over her head.

Six separate factions vie for control of the realm of the late Lord Eddard Stark, while an ancient form of magic, an everlasting winter, and an unearthly army threaten to return. Joffrey ascends the Iron Throne after the death of Robert Baratheon, The Usurper, and chaos reigns as six factions struggle for control of the kingdom.

Iconoclastic scientist Isabella, Lady Trent of Scirland, embarks on a two-year global voyage, hoping to determine the relationships among the endless varieties of dragon.

Dragon shapeshifter and computer expert Ryder must fight his attraction to Kinsey if he is to fulfill his mission and guard Glasgow after a catastrophic Dark attack.

Isabella, Lady Trent, known as the world's preeminent dragon naturalist, writes her memoir detailing how she sought true love and happiness despite her lamentable eccentricities; and of her thrilling expedition to the perilous mountains of Vystrana, where she made the first of many historic dragon discoveries that would change the world forever.