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Martin attends the "Game Of Thrones" Season 4 premiereTaylor Hill—FilmMagic/Getty Images  by [Eliana Dockterman](https://time.com/author/eliana-dockterman/)  ## Eliana Dockterman Correspondent Jun 26, 2014 7:15 PM UTC Fans desperate for the next _Song of Ice and Fire_ installment can look forward to a action-packed thriller. “I think we’re gonna start out with a big smash with the two enormous battles,” [George R.R. Martin says](http://shelf-life.ew.com/2014/06/26/george-r-r-martin-winds-winter-tease/?hootPostID=138014b31cbf34939a24b8955b5db64e) of _The Winds of Winter_, the next installment in his _Song of Ice and Fire_ series upon which the HBO show _Game of Thrones_ is based. It’s been almost three years since Martin published _A Dance With Dragons—_the fifth book in what the author says will be a seven-book series—and fans are getting anxious that Martin will never finish series or that _Game of Thrones_ will wrap before he’s done writing. But the author says _The Winds of Winter_ is finally coming, and fans can look forward to even more twists and turns. “We have more deaths, and we have more betrayals. We have more marriages,” Martin told _Entertainment Weekly_. **\[Warning: Minor spoilers for** **_The Winds of Winter_** **ahead\]** Specifically, he went on to say that the Dothraki will be making a reappearance in the series and that “a lot of stuff is happening at The Wall.” He also said Tyrion and Daenerys will “intersect” and will play large roles in the book. “They’re both coming home,” he teased, which should get fans excited if “home” means King’s Landing. The one detail Martin didn’t reveal is when the book is actually coming out. But a spinoff story by Martin, _The World of Ice and Fire: The Untold History of Westeros and the World of Game of Thrones_, is set to hit bookshelves (and satiate fans) in October. \[[_EW_](http://shelf-life.ew.com/2014/06/26/george-r-r-martin-winds-winter-tease/?hootPostID=138014b31cbf34939a24b8955b5db64e)\] George R.R. Martin Teases The Winds of Winter ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2928474/george-rr-martin-new-book-game-of-thrones/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2928474/george-rr-martin-new-book-game-of-thrones/"},"headline":"George R.R. Martin Teases Next Book","datePublished":"2014-06-26T19:15:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:39:24.203Z","description":"Daenerys and Tyrion will both have major roles","url":"https://time.com/2928474/george-rr-martin-new-book-game-of-thrones/","keywords":["Books","game of thrones","George R.R. 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