A recce of all there is to know about the next book in George R.R.
Martins A Song Of Ice And Fire, The Winds Of Winter.
Warning: contains spoilers forA Dance With Dragonsand plot details released as excerpts fromThe Winds Of Winter.
Appreciating that the one thing anyonereallywants to know about the sixth book in George R.R.
Ive actually given up answering the question when it will be done.
People said when will it be done?
Martin, in conversation withFocus on New MexicoKNME, 2014.
You cant really say fairer than that.
Weve been warned by Johnson not to expect anything before 2015 at the very earliest.
Time, understandably, is what it is taking.
I cant do that.
I try, but I cant do that.
More interesting are the characters absent for long stretches of the saga that George R.R.
Marillion has more to do,Martin told EWin 2011.
I said she wasinthe prologue.
Its the viewpoint character who always dies.
Counting extracts read aloud at conventions over the last few years, the sample chapters published on George R.R.
This chapter sees Arya late for a rehearsal and running through the Braavos fog to the theatre.
She also considers whether Dany, like her father the Mad King, is in her right mind.
He too remembers his fear as a young man in his first battle.
We have more deaths, and we have more betrayals.
We have more marriages said George R.R.
Martin aboutThe Winds Of Winter, a lot of stuff is happening at The Wall.
What of Tyrion and Dany?
Will those two fan-favourites finally intersect inThe Winds Of Winter?
They both have quite large roles to play here.
And Dany has embraced her heritage as a Targaryen and embraced the Targaryen words.
So theyre both coming home.
Will Aeron Greyjoy challenge Eurons place on the Seastone Chair?
Will Arya remain in Braavos?
Well have to wait and see.
I write the stories and they grow.
Add to that his continued work onASoIaFprequel series,Tales Of Dunk And Egg.
Read more about A Song Of Ice And Fire on Den Of Geek,here.
