George R.R. Martin releases chapter from "The Winds of Winter"
Yes, George R.R. Martin really is working on that next book.
The "Game of Thrones" author released a chapter Thursday from his very long-awaited sixth volume of the "A Song of Ice and Fire" fantasy series, "The Winds of Winter."
The chapter appears on Martin's website and is told from the perspective of Sansa Stark, living under the name Alayne Stone. She is played on the HBO adaptation by Sophie Turner.
Season 5 of "Game of Thrones" premieres April 12 at 9 p.m. ET on HBO. Martin has already cut back on personal appearances and decided against writing any scripts for the show's sixth season so he can concentrate on "The Winds of Winter."
Writing a season six script would cost me a month's work on 'Winds,' and maybe as much as six weeks, and I cannot afford that," Martin wrote on his blog. "With [showrunners] David Benioff, D.B. Weiss, and [producer/writer] Bryan Cogman on board, the scriptwriting chores for season six should be well covered. My energies are best devoted to 'Winds.'"
The previous "Ice and Fire" book, "A Dance With Dragons," came out in 2011.