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I can not wait to read this book. If John Grisham writes that this novel is "smart, clever. . .and skillfully plotted" then what else can I say. Kate Moore is just a typical working mother trying to keep everything afloat. So she and her husband jump at a chance to take a job abroad. Things become strange when a new, American couple arrives. Oh, and did I mention that Kate is ex-CIA?

P.D. James and Jane Austen!  What a wonderful combination.  It is 1803, and Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy are very happily married.  The Bingleys have moved closer to Pemberley, not wishing to live quite so near Mrs. Bennet.  The Darcys are preparing for their annual autumn ball when a coach careens up the driveway carrying a hysterical Lydia Wickham who screams that Wickham has been murdered.  And the story begins.

In the aftermath of a colossal battle, the future of the Seven Kingdoms hangs in the balance—beset by newly emerging threats from every direction. In the east, Daenerys Targaryen, the last scion of House Targaryen, rules with her three dragons as queen of a city built on dust and death. But Daenerys has thousands of enemies, and many have set out to find her. As they gather, one young man embarks upon his own quest for the queen, with an entirely different goal in mind. From all corners, bitter conflicts reignite, intimate betrayals are perpetrated, and a grand cast of outlaws and priests, soldiers and skinchangers, nobles and slaves, will face seemingly insurmountable obstacles. Some will fail, others will grow in the strength of darkness. But in a time of rising restlessness, the tides of destiny and politics will lead inevitably to the greatest dance of all.