George R.R. Martin. The author confirmed today that while 2018 will see the release of a Game of Thrones book, it will not be the much-anticipated Winds of Winter. Rather, the author will be releasing Fire and Blood, which Martin proclaimed will be his version of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion, or the first half of it anyway:
FIRE & BLOOD, the history of the Targaryens, will be releasing in hardcover on November 20! Read more about it in my blog post: https://t.co/Y6kdsfEds9 #FireandBlood pic.twitter.com/URFJRzGA9r
— George RR Martin (@GRRMspeaking) April 25, 2018
FIRE & BLOOD, the history of the Targaryens, will be released in hardcover on November 20!
The book will chronicle the Targaryen Civil War, which played a big part in the history of Game of Thrones.