Martin: New Novel Won't Release Before 'Game of Thrones' Season 6 Premiere 20 publication date for “Fire & Blood,” a new book he describes as “imaginary history,” and very much “not a novel.” (He’s rather specific on that point.) The book, which is part one of a planned two-part series, delves into the history of Westeros in greater detail, focusing on the reign of seven different Targaryen kings - including Aegon the Conqueror, the first of Daenerys‘ ancestors to sit upon the Iron Throne.
Martin, the author behind the A Song of Ice and Fire saga on which HBO’s Game of Thronesis based, has promised all of these things and more in his next new book set in the world of Westeros - albeit, not the book so many fans have been waiting for since 2011. “Battles, bloodshed, betrayals, love, lust, horror, religious wars, politics, incest, historical revision,” oh, my!
