NEW YORK, April 27 — A new book by George RR Martin that is set 300 years before the events of A Song of Ice and Fire promises to tell the definitive history of the Targaryens in Westeros.
The newly announced book Fire and Blood is an unexpected one for fans, who are eagerly awaiting the sixth novel in the fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire, called The Winds of Winter. Instead, they'll be able to look forward to Fire and Blood, which the author stresses is not a novel but a history.
“This is not a traditional narrative and was never intended to be... let's call this one 'imaginary history' instead,” he told fans. “The essential point being the 'history' part. I love reading popular histories myself, and that's what I was aiming for here... As for me, I'm returning once again to The Winds of Winter.”
Fire and Blood will be the first of two planned volumes and is said to chronicle the Targaryen civil war. While parts of the narrative have previously appeared in The World of Ice and Fire and various anthopologies, this is said to be the first time Martin's full history of the Targaryens is revealed.
The book will be illustrated by Doug Wheatley with more than 75 black and white portraits and scenes. It is due for international release on November 20. — AFP-Relaxnews
