Arms of the Kraken

George R. R. Martin

Book 3 of The Iron Throne Saga

Language: English

Fantasy Fiction

Publisher: Random House Publishing

Published: Mar 3, 2003

Description:

The Iron Throne Saga: Part Three

Following the death of King Balon Greyjoy, a Kingsmoot is summoned by Aeron Damphair, Balon's youngest brother and the most respected priest of the Drowned God. With Balon's only surviving son, Theon Greyjoy, a prisoner of the Boltons 
at the Dreadfort, the strongest candidates are Balon's brothers Victarion and Euron Crow's Eye, who has just returned from reaving in the east. Asha Greyjoy, Balon's daughter, also tries to claim the Seastone Chair in spite of her sex.

The moot is deadlocked between the three until one of them reveals a plan to seize control of Daenerys Targaryen's dragons and so rule Westeros. The moot crowns its new ruler, and the losers depart to stir up trouble and gain followers of their own to bring down their new sovereign.

With so many ambitions and a plan that brings victory within grasp, an Iron Born may finally sit on the Iron Throne ruling with the far-reaching Arms of the Kraken.


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Arms of the Kraken is a George R. R. Martin novella that was first published in Dragon magazine, issue #305. Those four chapters that comprised Arms of the Kraken were later published as parts of the fourth book in the "A Song of Ice and Fire" series, A Feast for Crows: The Prophet, The Kraken's Daughter, The Iron Captain, and The Drowned Man. The Iron Throne Saga also includes an additional chapter from the book (The Reaver) as well as the iron-born perspective chapter from A Dance with Dragons: The Wayward Bride, The King's Prize, The Iron Suitor, The Sacrifice, Victarion.