Fans of George R.R. Martin's "A Song of Fire and Ice" have been given a taste of what's the come. On Thursday, an excerpt of the upcoming book was posted on Martin's website.
According to ABC News, the chapter release is the newest material unveiled by Martin in almost four years, since 2011's "A Dance with Dragons."
The chapter features Sansa Stark, who is disguised as Alayne Stone. The writing illustrates how masterful Stark is has becme in pretending to be Alayne. Fans are given a preview of what's she's learned when it comes to manipulating and interacting with those from noble houses. This excerpt is definitely going to excite the fans of the series who want to know more about the Stark sister who has evolved into a power player.
George RR Martin Talks Release
In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, the 66-year-old writer emphasized the importance of finishing the book before the the launch of the sixth season.
"I wish it was out now. Maybe I'm being overly optimistic about how quickly I can finish. But I canceled two convention appearances, I'm turning down a lot more interviews-anything I can do to clear my decks and get this done."
The author went on to tease about a recently conceived twist that readers are sure to enjoy.
"This is going to drive your readers crazy but I love it. I'm still weighing whether to go that direction or not. It's a great twist. It's easy to do things that are shocking or unexpected, but they have to grow out of characters. They have to grow out of situations. Otherwise, it's just being shocking for being shocking. But this is something that seems very organic and natural, and I could see how it would happen. And with the various three, four characters involved... it all makes sense. But it's nothing I've ever thought of before. And it's nothing they can do in the show, because the show has already-on this particular character-made a couple decisions that will preclude it, where in my case I have not made those decisions."
Season 6 is expected to launch next year so hopefully we'll have "Winds of Winter" in time for the next season.
The "Game of Thrones" Season 5 returns April 12 on HBO.
