CONTENTS

1. Cover
2. Title Page
3. Dedication
4. Part 1: FIRE
   1. 1 HERE BE DRAGONS
      1. Where we discover whether dragons are entirely the stuff of legend; how real-life dragons have sex, whether they could actually fly, the truth about fire-breathing.
   2. 2 FIRE POWER
      1. Where we find out how Wildfire is all too real; the hidden secret of Valyrian steel; a tried-and-tested golden formula for killing someone who’s annoying you.
   3. 3 WEAPONS OF WESTEROS–A (BATTLE) FIELD GUIDE
      1. Where we get licensed to kill: the art of poisoning; living and dying by the sword; the truth about shadowy assassins; sexy armour, and what it means to be a real warrior woman.
5. Part 2: ICE
   1. 4 NORTHERN EXPOSURE
      1. Where we break the ice with our friends in the North; Hodor’s ‘expressive aphasia’; warging and the science of astral projection; the psychology of revenge: Arya Stark’s kill list.
   2. 5 ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL (AND COLD)
      1. Where we encounter strange life in the Frozen North; running with dire wolves; the finest mounts Westeros has to offer; how cold makes things huge; giant-killing with Sir Isaac Newton and JBS Haldane; the truth behind zombification.
   3. 6 ANOTHER ICE BRICK IN THE WALL
      1. Where we scale the Wall; learn how sound waves can destroy solid matter; and recount the sorry tale of the cat piano (a keyboard worthy of Joffrey Baratheon).
6. Part 3: MAGIC
   1. 7 MOTHER TONGUE OF DRAGONS
      1. Where we learn a few real and made-up languages, discover noun-verb constructs in Dothraki, and eavesdrop on the talking trees.
   2. 8 REAL MAGIC
      1. Where we discover if magic exists and how to fake it; give the gift of death; and make fantastical creatures in the lab.
   3. 9 HOW WILL IT END?
      1. Where we put on a sweater and consider astronomical answers to the perplexing question of a long winter, and attempt to finally settle the question posed by poet Robert Frost.
7. Acknowledgements
8. About the Author
9. Newsletters
10. Copyright