Genre: Medieval fantasy
The series brings us into the haunted land of Westeros - a realm that still stings with the bitter memories of a rebellion that took place 17 years earlier which saw Robert Baratheon overthrow the "Mad King" Aerys Targaryen. In the present day, Ned Stark, Lord of Winterfell, beheads a deserter of the Night's Watch, who claims to have seen mythical monsters during his patrol beyond the great Ice Wall, in front of his sons; including young 10-year-old Bran who is witnessing an execution for the first time. Ned is warm, but grim. He loves his family but knows he mustn't shelter them from the cruelties of the world, especially the threat of a dark, decades-long harsh winter that seems to be forming in the North. Stark is a whispering warrior. A retired gunfighter, if you will. He remains far north of the other six Kingdoms as a way to both protect his loved ones and to separate himself from the corrupt madness that usually accompanies power. But when King Robert, his oldest friend, treks all the way up to Ned's castle to ask him to take the top advisor position of the "King's Hand," Ned knows he has no choice but to accept the role. And even the fact that Ned and Robert still maintain a fraternal, friendly bond based on the fact that Robert once loved Ned's sister with all his heart, doesn't make the proposed position any more glamorous.
Thrones is part Western, part horror film, and part film noir. Once Ned's wife, the unbreakable Lady Catelyn, discovers a dire secret regarding the previous King's Hand, the series becomes a scintillating mystery.
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