文档介绍：.,'sseriesoffantasynovels,Theseries,setonthefictionalcontinentsofWesterosandEssosattheendofadecade-longsummer,;thesecondcoverstherisingthreatoftheimpendingwinterandtheSoutherners'fearofthelegendarycreaturesandfiercepeoplesoftheNorth;thethirdchroniclestheattemptsoftheexiledlastscionoftherealm',theseriesexploresissuesofsocialhierarchy,religion,loyalty,corruption,civilwar,crime,andpunishment..ASongofIceandFireissetprimarilyinthefictionalSevenKingdomsofWesteros,alarge,SouthAmerican-,andthenhowthesesevennationswereunitedasonebyAegontheConqueror,'sconquest,theTargaryensareoverthrowninacivilwarandKingRobertBaratheon,backedprimarilybyhisfriendLordEddardStarkandfosterfatherLordJonArryn,,whichbeginfifteenyearslater,followthefall-outfromthiseventacrossthreemajorstorylines,setnotonlyinWesterosbutontheeasterncontinentaswell..,setintheSevenKingdomsthemselves,chroniclesamany-hatdevelopsafterKingRobert',supportedbyhismother'spowerfulfamily,HouseLannister,butRobert'sbrotherStannisclaims(correctly)thatRobert'schildrenareillegitimate,andclaimsthethronehimself,toaless-than-'syoungestbrother,Renly,,RobbS