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TintenHerz
Meggie ist die zwölfjährige Tochter des Buchbinders Mortimer Folchart, genannt Mo. Sie hat seine Leidenschaft für Bücher geerbt. Ihre Mutter Resa ist, so wird es Meggie erzählt, eines Tages auf eine Abenteuerreise gegangen und seitdem nicht mehr zurückgekehrt. In einer regnerischen Nacht kommt ein Mann namens Staubfinger zu ihnen nach Hause und warnt sie vor einem gewissen Capricorn. Am nächsten Morgen sagt Mo, dass sie noch zu ihrer Großtante Elinor Loredan müssen, weil er von ihr noch ein paar Bücher neu binden soll. Staubfinger und seinen gehörnten Marder Gwin nehmen sie mit, auch das Buch „Tintenherz“. Dieses wollen sie dort vor Capricorn verstecken, weil er es unbedingt haben will.
Trotz ihres Verstecks werden sie von Capricorns Männern aufgespürt (ihnen voran Basta, der sich für Capricorns persönlichen Liebling hält), welche Mo entführen und außerdem das Buch mitnehmen sollen. Da Elinor die Einbände ausgetauscht hat, bringt er ein falsches zu seinem Meister. Meggie, Elinor und Staubfinger beschließen, das richtige Buch auszuhändigen, um Mo dafür freizubekommen. Als sie aber in Capricorns Dorf ankommen, entpuppt sich Staubfinger als Verräter, weswegen Meggie zusammen mit Elinor in Mos Zelle gesperrt wird, obwohl sie das richtige Buch ausgehändigt haben. Da Mo Meggie und Elinor eine Erklärung schuldig ist, beginnt dieser zu erzählen:
Er besitzt die Gabe, Gegenstände und Lebewesen aus Geschichten herauszulesen, falls diese gut geschrieben sind. Im Gegenzug müssen Gegenstände bzw. Lebewesen aus der realen Welt in die fiktive als Platzhalter verschwinden. Eines Tages las er aus dem Buch Tintenherz Basta, Capricorn und Staubfinger heraus und Teresa, Meggies Mutter, verschwand darin zusammen mit ihren beiden Katzen. Seither sehnt sich Staubfinger nach seiner Heimat und setzt alles daran, zurückzukommen. Mo kann dies aber nicht tun, da er nicht kontrollieren kann, wen oder was er in das Buch hinein- oder herausliest; außerdem weiß Mo, da er das Buch Tintenherz gänzlich gelesen hat, dass Staubfinger am Schluss der Geschichte sterben würde. Capricorn hingegen möchte unter keinen Umständen zurück in die Geschichte im Buch, sondern genießt sein Leben in Meggies und Mos Welt.
Game of Thrones
Upon the death of Lord Jon Arryn, the principal advisor to King Robert Baratheon, Robert recruits his childhood friend Eddard "Ned" Stark, now Warden of the North, to replace Arryn as Hand of the King, and to betroth his daughter Sansa to Robert's son Joffrey. Ned accepts the position when he learns that Arryn's widow Lysa believes he was poisoned by Robert's wife Queen Cersei Lannister and her family. Shortly thereafter, Ned's son Bran discovers Cersei having sex with her twin brother Jaime Lannister, who throws Bran from the tower to conceal their affair, leaving him comatose and paralyzing his legs.
Ned leaves his castle Winterfell and departs for the capital city, King's Landing, bringing along his daughters Sansa and Arya. Upon arriving in King's Landing to take his post as Hand, Ned finds that Robert is an ineffective king whose only interests are hunting, drinking, and womanizing.
At Winterfell, an assassin attempts to kill Bran while he is unconscious, and Ned's wife Catelyn travels to King's Landing to bring word to Ned. Catelyn's childhood friend, Petyr "Littlefinger" Baelish, implicates Tyrion Lannister, the dwarf brother of Cersei and Jaime, in the assassination attempt. On the road back to Winterfell, Catelyn encounters Tyrion by chance, arrests him, and takes him to the Vale, where her sister Lysa Arryn is regent, to stand trial for the attempt on Bran's life. In retaliation for Tyrion's abduction, his father Lord Tywin Lannister sends soldiers to raid the Riverlands, Catelyn's home region. Tyrion regains his freedom by recruiting a mercenary named Bronn to defend him in trial by combat.
The Lords of the North
Uhtred of Bebbanburg makes his way back to his native Northumbria seeking revenge against his uncle Ælfric and childhood enemies Sven the One-Eyed and Kjartan the Cruel. He travels by ship with his lover and former nun, Hild. They make landfall near Eoferwic (York) to find the region in chaos. Ivarr Ivarsson, the most powerful Danish lord in Northumbria, has led his army against the Scots in the north. The formerly Danish-held Eoferwic has been conquered by Saxons, who, under the fanatical Father Hrothweard, have begun a massacre of Danes. The central lands of Dunholm are ravaged by Kjartan and Sven, and Bebbanburg remains under the control of Ælfric.
Uhtred is hired to escort a Danish merchant's family north, through Dunholm. Their path leads to a slave trading station belonging to Sven. In order to avoid being recognised, Uhtred hides his face and calls himself Thorkild the Leper, Dark Swordsman of Niflheim. When the situation spirals out of control, he convinces Sven he was returned from the dead to haunt him and his father. He frees the Dane Guthred of Cumbraland from the slave pens; the amiable Guthred claims to be the king of Northumbria.
In Cumbraland, Guthred converts to Christianity and is hailed as king of Northumbria by the Saxon Abbot Eadred, who believes Guthred has been anointed by Saint Cuthbert and claims to have dreamed of Guthred, though he initially mistakes Uhtred for him. Uhtred becomes the commander of Guthred's household troops, as well as his closest advisor. He trains a band of thirty new warriors and foils an attempt by Kjartan's infiltrators to capture him and Guthred. Uhtred is smitten with Guthred's sister, Gisela. He marches east with Guthred. With Ivarr Ivarsson away fighting the Scots, they capture Eoferwic easily. There Father Hrothweard joins them. As they march north to Dunholm, Guthred betrays Uhtred. He makes a deal with Uhtred's treacherous uncle, Ælfric, for his support against Kjartan. In return, Ælfric wants Uhtred dead, but Guthred gets him to accept something less. He pays Danish trader Sverri to take the unsuspecting Uhtred as a slave.