The Ice Dragon is an enchanting tale of courage and sacrifice for young readers and adults by the wildly popular author of the #1 New York Times bestselling Song of Ice and Fire series, George R.R. Martin. Lavish illustrations by acclaimed artist Luis Royo enrich this captivating and heartwarming story of a young girl and her dragon.
The ice dragon was a creature of legend and fear, for no man had ever tamed one. When it flew overhead, it left in its wake desolate cold and frozen land. But Adara was not afraid. For Adara was a winter child, born during the worst freeze that anyone, even the Old Ones, could remember.
Adara could not remember the first time she had seen the ice dragon. It seemed that it had always been in her life, glimpsed from afar as she played in the frigid snow long after the other children had fled the cold.
Read “Secret in the Snow,” an excerpt from The Ice Dragon, with richly detailed interior illustrations by Luis Royo.
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Since it’s for kids, I’m guessing it’s not part of the ASOIAF series?
@2 It’s set in the same world but no, it’s not part of the series proper.
I was curious about this as well. How does winter come back each year at her birthday, when winter isn’t so regular in the ASOIF series? I had to conclude it wasn’t part of the same world as ASOIF.
Love the story either way.
There are lots of hints that Ice dragons will appear in books 6/7.
Much like the Dunc and Egg stories; there’s probably some interesting pieces of information that will make it worthwhile to close readers of ASOIAF.
As far as winter and her birthday coinciding: the seasons are magically altered in ASOIAF, this may be a hint as to what is causing that.