Mirroring almost perfectly to season two of the Game of Thrones TV series, A Clash of Kings takes us further into the world of Westeros and thrusts us into the feud between the Seven Kingdoms and the families that occupy them. We get more insight into the history of Westeros through the lense of each family that believes it should reclaim the power of the Iron Throne. This is the book that really makes you need more Game of Thrones content because it starts to set the stage and expose all of the inner workings of the Seven Kingdoms and all of the crazy players at hand. Each one wielding a sword or an entire army. On top of that the story beyond the wall with the White Walkers and our buddy Jon Snow gets deeper with scouting missions into the land of the Wildlings. It has depth on both ends of the fight for the land between the living and the dead. The ONLY reason I haven’t continued to read the series further is because the books stop after the fifth one which doesn’t even get us past season five of the show. So if you have seen the show you know pretty much all of the things in the books outside of a handful of cool storylines that the show neglects. The sixth and seventh books aren’t written yet, and we are told the final seasons of the show were based on this unwritten content. Once all of the books come out, if George doesn’t pass away from old age first, then you can bet I will be binge reading this entire series because the ending of the show was a major let down. Martin definitely has a better way of ending it in that wild noggin of his.