Ned Stark is dead. But the bastard Joffrey rumors, current king of the seven crowns, Stannis and Renly make, Robert Baratheon brothers fire, have also proclaimed king and want or will walk or sail on Port Real. Robb, self-proclaimed king of the North also continues its route. So much for the Kings.
We also follow Arya, drive to the wall where John and preparations Tyrion now hand of the king and probably the only Lannister with a hint of humanity. Daenerys appears only in one chapter.
The title is misleading, yes, because there will battle points. The author continues to tell a great story, and uncompromising, without sentimentality, the hard reality, albeit powerful and some figures (John and Aria), but without shadows. The battle is on the political field, and again. This volume would have been a full book instead of an artificial division wanted by the publisher for financial reasons it would have been clearly unbalanced (the followers of tenses, do not hesitate when necessary to :-) resume this sentence). Therefore qualify the hinge volume.
Remain smooth playback (I still do not see the translation, apart from some quotes too present in spoken "peasant"), immersive and many tasty aphorisms regularly punctuating the narrative.
A pleasant distraction that continues with the evil shadow.
