It’s been 14 years since George RR Martin last published a novel in his A Song of Ice and Fire series.
Since then, the Game of Thrones TV shows have come and gone, with the final seasons relying on the other’s outlined plot points.
The 76-year-old is still working on the penultimate book, The Winds of Winter, which he has confirmed will be a very big novel.
After that, he still has A Dream of Spring to go. Now, the writer has shared a rare update in his latest blog post.
On his blog, Martin wrote enthusiastically about the latest Game of Thrones spin-off A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.
The new TV show set to air later this year is an adaptation of his first Dunk and Egg novella The Hedge Knight. The short stories are set a century before the events of A Song of Ice and Fire and focus on a lowborn knight and his squire who grows up to become King Aegon V Targaryen.
And as Martin confirmed season 2 would focus on the next short, The Sworn Sword, the author then got onto the Winds of Winter.
Martin shared: “And once I finish THE WINDS OF WINTER, I will need to get hopping on The Village Hero, and all the other tales that await the lads. Don’t worry, I am sure you folks will remind me.”
The Village Hero, which is set in the Riverlands, is one of the future instalments of Dunk and Egg, which the author intends to write alongside She-Wolves.
Martin has previously said that he plans to pen his fourth Dunk and Egg novella in between The Winds of Winter and A Dream of Spring as a palate cleanser. Of course, given we still have no release date for Winds, this could be a while away.