“I know what you mean,” said Susan, “I actually thought–” So now it feels like GRR writes the book then fiddles with the chapter order so that you've got five hundred pages of solid but not outstanding fantasy, and then twenty pages of frantically awesome plot twists that leave you both utterly desperate for the next book and also with a slightly inflated opinion of the novel as a whole.”
“You see, Susan,” I began, having decided to call my horse Susan, “the problem is that these Song of Ice and Fire books are pretty good throughout, but they've developed a reputation now for having big, shocking endings. Again I felt like I could almost hear him talking back as a voice drifted to me on the breeze saying “My name's Susan.” “You see, Derek,” I began, having decided to call my horse Derek. I felt like I had an immediate rapport with the horse, indeed, I could almost hear it whispering to me, things like “What the hell do you think you're doing?” and “Someone get this madman off me! I only came out for a coffee!” I patted my new steed on the head and decided to while away the hours by talking to him. Spotting a horse cantering out of a nearby popular coffee shop, I grabbed its reins, hopped aboard, and guided it to a brisk trot down the road. uh, yeah.” I stopped musing at that point, I was getting funny looks. “Huh,” I mused, “if I'd dwelt too much on the fact that I thought I'd seen myself having a violent altercation with a moving car then, upon my sudden travel back in time, me not having a violent altercation with a moving car would be a quaint but kind of obvious little trick to play on the reader. I made it across the road without incident, which was more than could be said for the previously unmentioned guy who looked just like me and who tried to cross the road at the same time. The tides of destiny will inevitably lead to the greatest dance of all. On all sides bitter conflicts are reigniting, played out by a grand cast of outlaws and priests, soldiers and skinchangers, nobles and slaves. But beyond the Wall the wildling armies are massing for an assault. From the Wall, having left his wife and the Red Priestess Melisandre under the protection of Jon Snow, Stannis Baratheon marches south to confront the Boltons at Winterfell. In King's Landing the Queen Regent, Cersei Lannister, awaits trial, abandoned by all those she trusted while in the eastern city of Yunkai her brother Tyrion has been sold as a slave. The future of the Seven Kingdoms hangs in the balance. 'Vivid, rich, multi-layered and utterly addictive' Daily Express. A DANCE WITH DRAGONS: AFTER THE FEAST is the SECOND part of the fifth volume in the series.
HBO's hit series A GAME OF THRONES is based on George R R Martin's internationally bestselling series A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age.
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