<P> The Winds of Winter is the planned sixth novel in the epic fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin . </P> <P> Martin believes the last two volumes of the series will be books of 1,500 + manuscript pages each . They will take readers farther north than any of the previous books, and the Others will appear in The Winds of Winter . </P> <P> Martin has refrained from making hard estimates for The Winds of Winter's final release date . In 2014, estimates based on extrapolation of Martin's writing pace predicted the release date sometime between 2015 and 2018 . In April 2018, Martin revealed that the book would not be published in 2018 . </P> <P> The Winds of Winter will take readers farther north than any of the previous books, and the Others will appear in the book . The previous installment, A Dance with Dragons, covered less story than Martin intended, excluding at least one planned large battle sequence and leaving several character threads ending in cliffhangers . Martin intends to resolve these storylines "very early" in The Winds of Winter, saying "I'm going to open with the two big battles that I was building up to, the battle in the ice and the battle at Meereen--the battle of Slaver's Bay . And then take it from there ." A Victarion Greyjoy chapter will begin five minutes after the end of A Dance with Dragons, taking place on the eve of the Iron Born's arrival in Slaver's Bay . Arianne Martell sample chapters that Martin released on his website showed her heading for Griffin's Roost to see the young man who is calling himself Aegon . At Guadalajara International Book Fair 2016, Martin gave some clues about the dark nature of The Winds of Winter:..."I've been telling you for 20 years that winter was coming . Winter is the time when things die, and cold and ice and darkness fill the world, so this is not going to be the happy feel - good that people may be hoping for . Some of the characters (are) in very dark places...Things get worse before they get better, so things are getting worse for a lot of people ." </P>

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