A Game of Thrones in July 2011. In the novel, recounting events from various points of view, Martin introduces the plot-lines of the noble houses of Westeros, the Wall, and the Targaryens. The novel has inspired several spin-off works, including several games. It is also the namesake and basis for the first season of "Game of Thrones", an HBO television series that premiered in April 2011. A March 2013 paperback TV tie-in re-edition was also titled "Game of Thrones", excluding the indefinite article "A". "A Game of Thrones" follows three principal storylines simultaneously. At the beginning of the story, Lord Eddard "Ned" Stark executes
The Gift (Game of Thrones) installment that delivers long-awaited plot turns in a satisfying manner, even though it continues a disturbing theme from the previous episode." Erik Kain of "Forbes" called this a "terrific, exciting, tense episode," though, like Myles McNutt of "The A.V. Club", he questioned both the "anemic" Dorne storyline and the gratuitousness of Tyene exposing her breasts in the prison scene. The Gift (Game of Thrones) "The Gift" is the seventh episode of the fifth season of HBO's fantasy television series "Game of Thrones", and the 47th overall. The episode was written by the series' creators David Benioff and D. B. Weiss,