A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms

THis book is about a huge hedge knight and his diminutive squire Egg, who actually is Aegon V. Targaryen, later also called Aegon the Unlikely. Back then he still is a boy of ten or something. Dunk and Egg fight in tournies, travel to Dorne and are pulled into an intrigue to topple the king. Good as a standalone but even better if you know the ASOIAF series. The information of this book also helps you to better understand the ASOIAF books (once there's a mention of some Targaryen princeling who died in a mishap and this book tells you how).

Das Buch teilt sich in drei Abschnitten auf, die je etwa 120-150 Seiten lang sind. Wir begleiten den Heckenritter Ser Duncan the Tall und seinen Knappen Egg auf ihren Abenteuern, wobei wir einen kleinen Enblick in die Targaryen Dynastie ihrer Zeit und vorallem der Blackfyre Rebellion - welche sich vor 15 Jahren abspielte, bekommen. Alle drei Geschichten sind, wie man es von George gewohnt ist, ein Fantasy Meisterwerk mit reichlich world-building, tollen Zeichnungen und Charakterentwicklung. Für jeden Fan von 'a Song of Ice and Fire' also ein absolutes must have!

This book plays a 100 years before the main events of "Ice and Fire" and gives insights into the relationship of Targaryen princes and into the commoners lifes. The attentionate reader may realise that these short stories of two characters are far more important than on the first glance. If one is more interested in general Westeros history, I´d recommend "Fire and Blood".