Finished: A Dance With Dragons (Martin) Well, now I've reread the last of the Game of Thrones books and I must wait, what...another year for the next? At least now as I watch the TV show I will know more clearly how they are splintering off from the books. As this book ends we leave Jon Snow betrayed and stabbed four times by his fellow Night Watchmen; Daenerys and her dragon, Drogon, surrounded by Kahl Jhaqo and his dothraki; Sir Barristan Selmy serving as the hand of the queen in Meereen and about to be faced with war with the Yunkai'i; Hizdahr zo Loraq, Dany's husband, imprisoned by Sir Selmy for possible treason; Daario Naharis, Dany's lover, imprisoned by the Yunkai'i; young Prince Quentyn of Dorne dead from his burns from the other two dragons, who he was trying to free and ride; Cersei seemingly contrite and awaiting her fornication trial after being shaved and taking her walk of shame through King's Landing; young King Tommen sitting on the iron throne; Margery, his queen, also awaiting a fornication and treason trial; Tyrion across the sea, being made a Second Son, along with Sir Jorah Mormont, and hoping to turn the Second Son's loyalties in favor of Daenerys; Roose Bolton's army encamped at Winterfell and claiming it as Bolton's; Stannis' army seemingly frozen and squashed by Bolton, according to Ramsay Bolton's message to Jon Snow; Jaime Lannister off with Brienne who, unbeknownst to him, has agreed to slay him for Lady Stoneheart; Asha Greyjoy's captivity called into question when Stannis overtakes those holding her captive; Asha's brother, Theon, and Jeyne (fake Arya, recently wed to and tortured by Ramsay Bolton) both saved and delivered literally at the feet of Asha after escaping the Bolton's captivity at Winterfell; Arya becoming a "no one" and an assassin with the black and white; Prince Doran Martell, the brother of Oberin the Viper, sending one of the Viper's daughters, Nym, to accompany the scarred Myrcella home to King's Landing and sit on the king's counsel; the introduction of Sir Robert Strong, a new knight seemingly built from the dead body of the Mountain by Qyburn, ala Frankenstein; Bran finally with the one-eyed crow, who is really a guy who has grown into a tree and expects Bran to be his successor; Victarian (Asha's uncle) making his way toward Daenerys by ship to claim her as his queen and take her home?; the believed dead son of Rhaegar Targaryen, young Prince Aegon, hidden and raised for years by his father's best friend Jon Connington, arrived in Westeros and taking Storm's End by storm; and Varys, ever loyal to the Targaryens, ending the lives of Qyburn and Kevan Lannister so that he might cause chaos in King's Landing and make the way smoother for the arrival of the rightful heir to the throne, Prince Aegon. Whew...well that's alot! Keep writing George R. R. Martin and don't you DARE kill Jon Snow!