New Game of Thrones Story by George R.R. Martin Available

Sons Of The Dragon Available In New Anthology

A new anthology The Book of Swords, edited by Gardner Dozois features Sons of the Dragon, constructed from material Martin wrote for the backstory in World of Ice & Fire history of Westeros, is set in the reigns of the second and third Targaryen kings: Aenys I and Maegor the Cruel, the sons of Aegon Targaryen, the man who united the Seven Kingdoms. Look forward to some death, destruction and betrayal!

Sons of the Dragon is “…history rather than a traditional narrative. A lot of telling, only a little showing. The opposite of what I do in my novels.” Martin says.  The Princess and the Queen and The Rogue Prince,  which appeared in the anthologies Dangerous Women and Rogues respectively,  are similar and also cover bloody periods in Targaryen history. There’s more Westeros history coming as Martin prepares a book about the Targaryen family, tentatively titled Fire and Blood, to be published sometime in 2018 along with The Winds of Winter. Allegedly.

The anthology features stories from many other popular fantasy authors, so here’s the full listing:

“The Best Man Wins” by K. J. Parker
“Her Father’s Sword” by Robin Hobb
“The Hidden Girl” by Ken Liu
“The Sword of Destiny” by Matthew Hughes
“‘I Am a Handsome Man, ‘ Said Apollo Crow” by Kate Elliott
“The Triumph of Virtue” by Walter Jon Williams
“The Mocking Tower” by Daniel Abraham
“Hrunting” by C. J. Cherryh
“A Long, Cold Trail” by Garth Nix
“When I Was a Highwayman” by Ellen Kushner
“The Smoke of Gold Is Glory” by Scott Lynch
“The Colgrid Conundrum” by Rich Larson
“The King’s Evil” by Elizabeth Bear
“Waterfalling” by Lavie Tidhar
“The Sword Tyraste” by Cecelia Holland
“The Sons of the Dragon” by George R. R. Martin

Hardcover: 524 pages, Bantam (10 Oct. 2017) ISBN-10: 0399593764/ISBN-13: 978-0399593765