6. Fires of Heaven:
Jon joins the wildlings at order of Qhorin Halfhand. Tar Valon is conquered by supporters of Elaida. Stannis almost kills Melisandre when he hears about Rand, but Melisandre convinces him he still has a part to play in the Last Battle and that he needs her. Daenerys fails in Altara and Amadicia, but instead goes to the island of Astapor, where she claims the Unsullied. Rand defeats Couladin and gains support of almost all the Aiel. Robb and Catelyn meet a group of women and men who can channel, of Westerosi origin. Robb gains loyalty of these men and women, their leaders being a woman and a man named Arrana and Damar. Using these channelers, Robbs gains the upperhand in battles against the Lannisters (though he still refuses to cross the neck without Walder Frey's alliance). These men and women are then called the Red Wolves. The novel ends with an epilogue on the Wall, where a horn is sounded three times.
7. A Storm of Swords:
Rand defeats Rahvin and prepares to go to Illian, to kill Sammael. The Red Wedding and Purple Wedding occur, but during the battle that follows after the Red Wedding, Damar and his male companions go mad, and both Starks and Freys are almost all destroyed. Robb and Walder Frey both die, and only a few Frey heirs survive. Arya and Sandor are saved by Arrana. After learning the truth about Tysha, Tyrion kills Tywin and leaves Westeros and sails west to ruins of old Valyria, and from there to Westlands. Nynaeve and Elayne's journey goes the same way, but the ter'angreal they use to bind Moghedien is not a'dam. Perrin and Egwene both encounter Bran in the Tel'aran'rhiod, along with Bloodraven. Perrin also has a fight with mute pirates. He tries to find their captain, but he is long gone. Battle of Dumai's Well and Battles at the Wall occur. The novel ends with Aes Sedai swearing an oath to Rand.
8. Lords of Chaos:
Several northern lords, and Catelyn raised, Lady Stoneheart, continue Robb's war, and the Freys and Tullys fight over lordship over Riverrun. Cersei and the Small Council have some victories against the remaining forces of soldiers, but have absolutely no plans how to defeat mad channelers, who are wreaking havoc around Westeros. Kevan Lannister, new Hand of the King, plans to ask the Aes Sedai for help. Daenerys finally defeats corrupt rulers of Amadicia and Altara, becoming a queen there. Mat, going to Altara believing Rand is there, meets Daenerys and, along with Logain Ablar and Barristan Selmy, swears loyalty to her and promises her the Red Hand will help her in restoring Westeros. Min tells Rand that she sees him surrounded by ice, fire and shadow, and tells him he will destroy all. She also tells to multiple people that she sees them dying, but still fighting after their death. Rand goes to Illian and, going to Shadar Logoth, he banishes Sammael, but doesn't kill him, only Liah. Rand is proclaimed king of Illian and crowned with a Crown of Swords.
9. A Feast for Crows:
Euron Greyjoy becomes king of the Iron Islands, promising the Ironborn that Westeros is nothing compared to Westlands and they will conquer them with dragons. Euron captures a few of the mad channelers and uses them to conquer Dorne. Beyond the Wall, Bran reaches Bloodraven, who tells him the story of Lews Therin, the ancestor of both the Starks and Valyrians. Bloodraven explains that the first dragons were bred by Aginor, and that Aginor even used blood of Lews Therin, believing it would make them even more powerful. This proved fata, as dragons were impossible to tame. Even when the Dark One manged to touch them, they would go mad and destroy everyone around them. So they fled from the Shadow and became ordinary animals. Bloodraven also explains that only two children of Lews Therin survived: a daughter Valya and a son Brandon. Both of them fled west and settled in Westeros and Valyria respectively, becoming the ancestors of Starks and Valyrians. Valyrians, because of their ancestry of Lews Therin and powers they inherited, were able to tame the dragons. Bloodraven then says the Starks and Targaryens will only be reconciled when their ancestor comes. Mat and Logain gather people loyal to Daenerys, who succeeds in killing Sammael. Mat also meets with Elayne and Nynaeve, who cannot understand why he joined Daenerys. Min meets Daenerys and tells her she will never sit on the Iron Throne. Daenerys' dragons frighten everyone, but Rand the most. Hearing about them, Rand investigates tales of the Long Night from Westeros and finds suspicious things in Valyrian and Westerosi histories. He also finds out about the Others. Perrin tries to track down the pirate that attacked him, but only hears stories about him. Eventually, Faile gets kidnapped. The novel ends with Rand anouncing that he will clean saidin.