For fantasy readers, The Winds of Winter has become less a forthcoming novel and more a test of faith as they have spent 15 years waiting for George RR Martin to finish it.
In that same window, Brandon Sanderson has released dozens of novels, broken crowdfunding records, and now confirmed he is in talks with AAA video game studios about a Mistborn adaptation. For fans watching from the sidelines, the contrast could not be sharper.
