Fire and Blood is a chronicle of the Targaryen family, the only family of dragonlords to survive the Doom of Valyria. It begins with Aegon the Conqueror and goes on to recount the generations of Targaryens who fought to hold the iconic Iron Throne. The book answers questions about the Dance of the Dragons, the Doom of Valyria, and the origin of Daenerys's three dragon eggs. With all the scope and grandeur of Gibbon’s The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Fire and Blood is the ultimate game of thrones, giving readers a whole new appreciation for the dynamic, often bloody, and always fascinating history of Westeros.