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GRRM Released Chapter from The Winds of Winter
It doesn't matter if you're caught up on every Game of Thrones episode, if you're done reading all of the books or even if you're some sort of fantasy book savant.
Like winter, spoilers are coming.
George R.R. Martin has released an entire chapter from The Winds of Winter, the newest installment in the A Song of Ice and Fire series.
The chapter is titled "Mercy," after the character from whose point of view the reader has. Along with the chapter, Martin wrote that "the new chapter is actually an old chapter."
"But no, it's not one I've published or posted before, and I don't even think I've read it at a con (could be wrong there, I've done readings at so many cons, it all tends to blur together)," he added. "So it's new in that it is material that no one but my editors (well, and Parris, and David and Dan, and a few others) have ever seen before, but it's old in that it was written a long time ago, predating any of the samples that you have seen. The first draft was, at any rate. I've rewritten it a dozen times since then."
Read an excerpt from the chapter, below. The entire chapter can be found onMartin's blog.
She woke with a gasp, not knowing who she was, or where.
The smell of blood was heavy in her nostrils… or was that her nightmare, lingering? She had dreamed of wolves again, of running through some dark pine forest with a great pack at her hells, hard on the scent of prey.
Half-light filled the room, grey and gloomy. Shivering, she sat up in bed and ran a hand across her scalp. Stubble bristled against her palm. I need to shave before Izembaro sees. Mercy, I’m Mercy, and tonight I’ll be raped and murdered. Her true name was Mercedene, but Mercy was all anyone ever called her…
The book does not have a release date because Martin isn't finished writing. Clearly, he's either just trying to tease fans mercilessly or prove that he's actually working on the sixth book. Fans have voiced concerns that the author will not finish writing the book by the time the TV show's plot catches up.
But don't worry. Show creators David Benioff and Dan Weiss told Vanity Fair that they sat down with Martin and heard his plan for every future chapter (and even who wins the Iron Throne), just in case.
The fourth season of the HBO show based on the series (this season focuses on the second half of book three) will premiere on April 6.
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