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"Like the ashes of ash I saw rise in the heat
Settle soft and as pure as snow
I fell in love with the fire long ago"
Alicent Hightower was the Rose of Oldtown, the Light of the Reach - daughter of Otto Hightower, Hand of the King, and Lady Alyrie of House Florent. She was the daughter of Faith and Knowledge, the Mother of Dragons, the Bride of Dreams, and the Lover of Fire.
When the Lord and Ladies of the Realm are brought to watch the future, that of a dance between Dragons, after King Viserys I takes a young girl - a child - as his newest bride after the death of Queen Aemma Arryn. At thirteen, the lady Alicent became the child bride of King Viserys I, a man haunted by the ghost of his first wife, Queen Aemma Arryn. Bound to a throne and torn between duty and desire, Alicent's heart was never hers alone.
Seven children bore her name-Aegon and Helaena, trueborn to Viserys; Aemond, a child of Daemon's reckless passion; Daeron, and the twins Rhaenor and Naerys, the fragile offspring of Laenor's hidden love; and Laenora, lost before she could breathe.
As dragons rise and kingdoms tremble, Alicent and those she loves must learn, in blood and fire, what it means to fight for survival - and what is sacrificed in the ashes of love, power, and betrayal.
They witness up close what "Fire and Blood" demands-and the ruin born when dragons take flight against dragons.
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Book 3 in "The Kingdom of Glass" Series