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NEW YORK TIMESBESTSELLER NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYLOS ANGELES TIMESAND BUZZFEED Taking place nearly a century before the events ofA Game of Thrones, A Knight of the Seven Kingdomscompiles the first three official prequel novellas to George R. R. Martins ongoing masterwork, A Song of Ice and Fire. These never-before-collected adventures recount an age when the Targaryen line still holds the Iron Throne, and the memory of the last dragon has not yet passed from living consciousness.
Before Tyrion Lannister and Podrick Payne, there was Dunk and Egg. A young, nave but ultimately courageous hedge knight, Ser Duncan the Tall towers above his rivalsin stature if not experience. Tagging along is his diminutive squire, a boy called Eggwhose true name is hidden from all he and Dunk encounter. Though more improbable heroes may not be found in all of Westeros, great destinies lay ahead for these two . . . as do powerful foes, royal intrigue, and outrageous exploits.
Featuring more than 160 all-new illustrations by Gary Gianni,A Knight of the Seven Kingdomsis a must-have collection that proves chivalry isnt deadyet.
Praise forA Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
Readers who already love Martin and his ability to bring visceral human drama out of any story will be thrilled to find this trilogy brought together and injected with extra life.Booklist
The real reason to check out this collection is that its simply great storytelling. Martin crafts a living, breathing world in a way few authors can. . . . [Giannis illustrations] really bring the events of the novellas to life in beautiful fashion.Tech Times

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A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is a work of fiction. Names, characters,
places, and incidents are the product of the authors imagination or
are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual events, locales,
or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

Copyright 2015 by George R. R. Martin

Illustrations copyright 2015 by Gary Gianni

All rights reserved.

Published in the United States by
Bantam Books, an imprint of Random House,
a division of Penguin Random House LLC, New York.

Bantam Books and the House colophon are
registered trademarks of Penguin Random House LLC.

Legends I originally edited by Robert Silverberg and
published by Tor Books in 1998.

Legends II originally edited by Robert Silverberg and
published by Del Rey in 2004.

Warriors originally edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner Dozois
and published by Tor Books in 2010.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA

Martin, George R. R.

A knight of the seven kingdoms / George R. R. Martin.

pages cm

ISBN 978-0-345-53348-7

ebook ISBN 978-0-345-53911-3

1. Fantasy fiction. I. Title.

PS3563.A7239K57 2014

813'.54dc23 2013022193

randomhousebooks.com

eBook ISBN9780345539113

eBook design adapted from printed book design by Virginia Norey

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To Raya Golden,
for the cheerful smiles and pretty pictures

GRRM

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For the noble cause and the Ser Dunk in all of us.

GG

Contents
A KNIGHT OF THE SEVEN KINGDOMS
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THE
HEDGE KNIGHT
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The story offered here takes place about a hundred years prior to the events described in A Game of Thrones.

T he spring rains had softened the ground, so Dunk had no trouble digging the grave. He chose a spot on the western slope of a low hill, for the old man had always loved to watch the sunset. Another day donehe would sighand who knows what the morrow will bring us, eh, Dunk?

Well, one morrow had brought rains that soaked them to the bones, and the one after had brought wet, gusty winds, and the next a chill. By the fourth day the old man was too weak to ride. And now he was gone. Only a few days past, he had been singing as they rode, the old song about going to Gulltown to see a fair maid, but instead of Gulltown hed sung of Ashford. Off to Ashford to see the fair maid, heigh-ho, heigh-ho, Dunk thought miserably as he dug.

When the hole was deep enough, he lifted the old mans body in his arms and carried him there. He had been a small man, and slim; stripped of hauberk, helm, and sword belt, he seemed to weigh no more than a bag of leaves. Dunk was hugely tall for his age, a shambling, shaggy, big-boned boy of sixteen or seventeen years (no one was quite certain which) who stood closer to seven feet than to six, and had only just begun to fill out his frame. The old man had often praised his strength. He had always been generous in his praise. It was all he had to give.

He laid him out in the bottom of the grave and stood over him for a time. The smell of rain was in the air again, and he knew he ought to fill the hole before it broke, but it was hard to throw dirt down on that tired old face. There ought to be a septon here, to say some prayers over him, but he only has me. The old man had taught Dunk all he knew of swords and shields and lances, but had never been much good at teaching him words.

Id leave your sword, but it would rust in the ground, he said at last, apologetic. The gods will give you a new one, I guess. I wish you didnt die, ser. He paused, uncertain what else needed to be said. He didnt know any prayers, not all the way through; the old man had never been much for praying. You were a true knight, and you never beat me when I didnt deserve it, he finally managed, except that one time in Maidenpool. It was the inn boy who ate the widow womans pie, not me, I told you. It dont matter now. The gods keep you, ser. He kicked dirt in the hole, then began to fill it methodically, never looking at the thing at the bottom. He had a long life, Dunk thought. He must have been closer to sixty than to fifty, and how many men can say that? At least he had lived to see another spring.

The sun was westering as he fed the horses. There were three; his swaybacked stot, the old mans palfrey, and Thunder, his warhorse, who was ridden only in tourney and battle. The big brown stallion was not as swift or strong as he had once been, but he still had his bright eye and fierce spirit, and he was more valuable than everything else Dunk owned. If I sold Thunder and old Chestnut, and the saddles and bridles too, Id come away with enough silver to Dunk frowned. The only life he knew was the life of a hedge knight, riding from keep to keep, taking service with this lord and that lord, fighting in their battles and eating in their halls until the war was done, then moving on. There were tourneys from time to time as well, though less often, and he knew that some hedge knights turned robber during lean winters, though the old man never had.

I could find another hedge knight in need of a squire to tend his animals and clean his mail, he thought, or might be I could go to some city, to Lannisport or Kings Landing, and join the City Watch. Or else

He had piled the old mans things under an oak. The cloth purse contained three silver stags, nineteen copper pennies, and a chipped garnet; like most hedge knights, the greatest part of his worldly wealth had been tied up in his horses and weapons. Dunk now owned a chain-mail hauberk that he had scoured the rust off a thousand times. An iron halfhelm with a broad nasal and a dent on the left temple. A sword belt of cracked brown leather, and a longsword in a wood-and-leather scabbard. A dagger, a razor, a whetstone. Greaves and gorget, an eight-foot war lance of turned ash topped by a cruel iron point, and an oaken shield with a scarred metal rim, bearing the sigil of Ser Arlan of Pennytree: a winged chalice, silver on brown.

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