George RR Martin fans were sent into a fresh spiral of hope and dread this week after London publisher The Folio Society teased a 'secret' linked to its £1,500 limited edition of 'A Game of Thrones,' prompting fevered speculation that long‑awaited news about 'The Winds of Winter' could finally be on the horizon.
Readers have been waiting more than a decade for 'The Winds of Winter,' the sixth instalment in Martin's 'A Song of Ice and Fire' saga, which inspired HBO's 'Game of Thrones.' The previous novel, 'A Dance with Dragons,' came out in 2011. Since then, every ambiguous blog entry, side project or licensing deal has been parsed for signs that the famously delayed book might be nearing completion. Most of those moments have led nowhere, so expectations are now as brittle as they are intense.
