Read George R.R. Martin’s newest excerpt from ‘Fire and Blood’
George R.R. Martin is giving fans an early insight into the hundreds of years of Targaryen history with a new excerpt from the first volume of Fire and Blood, his next book.
Martin, who occasionally posts excerpts from his other books like The Winds of Winter on his blog, preempted the post by noting that the section he was debuting was brand new. Other parts of Fire and Blood’s first volume—a chronology of House Targaryen’s reign from Aegon the Conqueror to the Dance of the Dragons that is told from the perspective of Archmaester Gyldayn—have been published and excerpted before in fantasy anthologies and the world-building history of Westeros and Essos, The World of Ice and Fire.
This excerpt takes place around 58 AC (After the Conquest) and during the reign of Jaehaerys I Targaryen...