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Cien aos antes de Juego de tronos ... llega por fin la precuela de la aclamada Cancin de hielo y fuego... Doscientos aos despus de la Conquista, la dinasta Targaryen vive su apogeo. Los Siete Reinos de Poniente atraviesan un momento de relativa paz en los ltimos aos del reinado del buen rey Daeron. Es con este escenario como teln de fondo que Dunk, un muchacho pobre del Lecho de Pulgas, tiene una oportunidad nica: dejar su vida miserable y convertirse en el escudero de un autntico caballero. Pronto, el caballero muere y Dunk decide tomar su lugar y hacer historia en el torneo de Vado Ceniza. Es aqu donde conoce a Egg, un nio de diez aos, tmido y enjuto, quien en realidad es mucho ms de lo que parece ser. Dunk acepta a Egg como su escudero y juntos viajan por Poniente en busca de trabajo y aventuras.



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George R. R. Martin

George Raymond Richard "R.R." Martin was born September 20, 1948, in Bayonne, New Jersey. His father was Raymond Collins Martin, a longshoreman, and his mother was Margaret Brady Martin. He has two sisters, Darleen Martin Lapinski and Janet Martin Patten. Martin attended Mary Jane Donohoe School and Marist High School. He began writing very young, selling monster stories to other neighborhood children for pennies, dramatic readings included. Later he became a comic book fan and collector in high school, and began to write fiction for comic fanzines (amateur fan magazines) . Martin's first professional sale was made in 1970 at age 21: , sold to Galaxy, published in February, 1971 issue. Other sales followed. In 1970 Martin received a B.S. in Journalism from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, graduating summa cum laude. He went on to complete a M.S. in Journalism in 1971, also from Northwestern. As a conscientious objector, Martin did alternative service 1972-1974 with VISTA, attached to Cook County Legal Assistance Foundation. He also directed chess tournaments for the Continental Chess Association from 1973-1976, and was a Journalism instructor at Clarke College, Dubuque, Iowa, from 1976-1978. He wrote part-time throughout the 1970s while working as a VISTA Volunteer, chess director, and teacher. In 1975 he married Gale Burnick. They divorced in 1979, with no children. Martin became a full-time writer in 1979. He was writer-in-residence at Clarke College from 1978-79. Moving on to Hollywood, Martin signed on as a story editor for at CBS Television in 1986. In 1987 Martin became an Executive Story Consultant for at CBS. In 1988 he became a Producer for , then in 1989 moved up to Co-Supervising Producer. He was Executive Producer for , a pilot which he wrote for Columbia Pictures Television, which was filmed during 1992-93. Martin's present home is Santa Fe, New Mexico. He is a member of Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America (he was South-Central Regional Director 1977-1979, and Vice President 1996-1998) , and of Writers' Guild of America, West.



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