
Robert is married to the conniving Cersei Lannister, who kills Robert when he gets a bit too close to figuring out that he isn't the father of Cersei's children her twin brother Jaime is. When the Hand of the King (read: the guy making decisions while Robert devotes himself to life's pleasures) dies, he recruits his old friend and war buddy Lord Eddard Stark to take up the role. Robert Baratheon is the king of the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros, having usurped the Mad King Aerys Taragryen 14 years before the beginning of the first novel, A Game of Thrones. Spoilers for A Song of Ice and Fire and Game of Thrones below It's an incredibly sprawling story, featuring no less than 24 point-of-view characters, but here are the very broad strokes.

If you've been living under a rock the size of King's Landing, A Song of Ice and Fire follows a struggle for power between several noble families for the Iron Throne of the mythical continent of Westeros. So when will readers finally get to see what happens to Daenerys, Jon, Tyrion, Arya and all their other favourite characters in prose form? Let's examine when The Winds of Winter may finally hit bookstores.

The show's final season was poorly received, heightening the anticipation for the sixth book in the series, The Winds of Winter. Thrones concluded in 2019, having chronologically surpassed Martin's published material several years prior. Watch House of the Dragon on Foxtel Now: Start your 10-day FREE trial now It also spawned the mega-hit TV series Game of Thrones as well as House of the Dragon, which recently wrapped up its first season.

George RR Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire is one of the most popular fantasy series ever, with the first 5 books selling almost 100 million copies.

