You discover The World of Ice and Fire, a guide to the fictional world of A Song of Ice and Fire, the celebrated saga of George R.R. Martina. The pages of this book describe in detail the history of the Seven Kingdoms and distant overseas lands, their traditions and culture; tells about the kings of the Targaryen dynasty and individual great lords, about battles and uprisings, about heroes and traitors of past centuries. This is not an ordinary reference book, but a full-fledged fiction book, more than half of which was written by Martin himself. In addition to the writer himself, his devoted fans Elio Garcia and Linda Antonsson, the creators of the website westeros.org and, perhaps, the only people in the world who know the world of “Song” almost as well as its creator, worked on the book. Translation of the book into Russian the language was created by the 7kingdoms.ru community solely for the purpose of in-depth study of a foreign language, is not commercial, does not pursue profit or other benefits. Thanks and low regards for the good work to all the translators and editors who helped the mass of admirers of Martin’s world get acquainted with the new wonderful book. Participating in the translation: catherynestark, Daena, Demos, Dinaya, Drezden, Eternelle, Hastred, John Smith, Kogotok, Lady_Laziness, Lenhen , Marynys, Merja, nightkeo, NobbyNobbs, Olenna Redwin, po6epm, Shtee, Tarja, Toy_Soldier, Xanvier Xanbie, Kay. Text edited by: Dinaya, Glypher, Lenhen, Lestarh, NobbyNobbs, Olenna Redwin, Perelynn, po6epm, Sergey_CS, Shtee, Vicca , Xanvier Xanbie. Proofreaders: Demos, Dinaya, Eternelle, LinkOFF, NightScorpion, Vicca, Kay. Chief translation editor: LadyIce.