Efter seks enormt succesfulde sæsoner gik fantasyserien Game of Thrones ud med et brag, men hverken afslutningen eller den sidste sæson som helhed faldt dog i alles smag.
Var man utilfreds med seriens afslutning, eller led ens favoritkarakter en trist skæbne, er der heldigvis håb om oprejsning. Det kommende kapitel i seriens romanforlæg, A Song of Ice and Fire, kommer nemlig til at slutte meget anderledes end HBO-serien. Det afslører seriens forfatter George R.R. Martin på sin personlige blog.
Her beskriver Martin først, hvordan hans skriveproces minder om gartneri, inden han forklarer, at romanen nu organisk har bevæget sig i andre retninger end den populære TV-serie.
"Another question that I get a lot, especially since the end of GAME OF THRONES on HBO, is whether A SONG OF ICE & FIRE, will end the same way. An architect would be able to give a short, concise, simple answer to that, but I am much more of a gardener."
What I have noticed more and more of late, however, is my gardening is taking me further and further away from the television series. Yes, some of the things you saw on HBO in GAME OF THRONES you will also see in THE WINDS OF WINTER (though maybe not in quite the same ways)... but much of the rest will be quite different."
The Winds of Winter har været undervejs i over et årti, da seriens seneste kapitel, A Dance with Dragons, udkom helt tilbage i 2011.