The Prince that was Promised
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Five knives it took to kill Jon Snow. But will five be enough to stop what rises from the flames?
Death has changed him, tempered by truth and driven by a fierce need to protect. The boy who was Lord Commander is gone. What returns is something more.
Reborn in smoke and fire, Jon does not rise alone. Beside him stands Shireen Baratheon, and with their awakening, dragons return to Westeros.
Beyond the Wall, the Others march, bringing the long night with them.
In the Riverlands, vengeance stirs. In the South, kings and queens clash for a fragile crown, unaware that the sky itself will soon belong to legends once more.
And across the Narrow Sea, another dragon and a wolf yearn for home and for the family they have lost.
Fire has returned. So has ice. And the world will not survive unchanged.
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