George R.R. Martin's long‑awaited fantasy novel The Winds of Winter is facing brutal odds of arriving any time soon, with prediction market platform Kalshi pricing the chance of a 2026 release date announcement at just 11 per cent as of mid‑2026.
The Winds of Winter is the sixth instalment in Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire saga, the book series that spawned HBO's Game of Thrones. The previous novel, A Dance with Dragons, came out in 2011.