“ You ’re going to have to keep waiting for The Winds of Winter , ” George R.R. Martinwrote back in April . No jar there . Butin that same web log post , the Game of Thrones creator announced a unlike Word of God : a elaborated story ofHouse Targaryen . It come out afterward this month , and we ’ve pose an early peep .
Here ’s what the writer teased aboutFire & Blood : 300 Years Before A Game of Thrones , which he notes is actually part one of two planned volumes :
This first volume extend all the Targaryen kings from Aegon I ( the Conquerer ) to the regency of Aegon III ( the Dragonbane ) , along with their married woman , wars , siblings , child , ally , competition , laws , travel , and mixed other affair . For those not up on your Westerosi story , that ’s Aegon I , Aenys , Maegor the Cruel , Jaehaerys I ( the Conciliator ) , Viserys I , Aegon II ( and Rhaenyra ) , and Aegon III ( the regency ) . Oh , and there are dragons too .
Lots of Dragon .
Of course , the story does n’t terminate with the regents of Aegon III . There is a batch more history to come , and Archmaester Gyldayn will get to all that too , in FIRE & BLOOD , Volume Two . But that one is a few years down the pike .
The book also contains 80 lovely ( and occasionally grisly ) black - and - white illustrations by Doug Wheatley . We ’ve father five undivided picture to deal today , depict some of the imposing folk discussed above — the ancestors of Daenerys , everyone ’s favoriteMother of Dragons . Keep scrolling to ascertain out some additional illustrations , as well as the book ’s cover , in a slideshow gallery as well .
Here are a few more images ( including more dragons and a coup d’oeil at Maegor ’s fate … tip : it involves the Iron Throne ’s many “ pointy end ” ) , as well as a look at Fire & Blood ’s cover .
George R.R. Martin ’s Fire & Blood : 300 year Before A Game of Thrones , with instance by Doug Wheatley , will be out November 20 . you could pre - order a transcript for yourselfright here . The last season of Game of Thrones will air on HBOsometime in 2019 ; the release date of The Winds of Winter is still anybody ’s guess at this point .
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