Assuming the speculations are true, then that would surely take away the author’s focus yet again from finishing “The Winds of Winter” and it may likely be delayed again.
Accordingly, Martin has volunteered materials for HBO even citing that that most natural follow-up to “Game of Thrones” would be an adaptation to his “The Dunk & Egg” stories.
“The Dunk & Egg” stories are about Ser Duncan the Tall, who later become a member of the Kingsguard, and his squire Egg, who later become King Aegon V. Targaryen of Westeros.
The storyline is set in the same world of “A Song of Ice and Fire” but it happened before the protagonists and antagonists of “Game of Thrones” came to existence.
Amid the latest rumors, there are also speculations that “The Winds of Winter” will finally hit retail bookstores in January next year.
A news site confidently stated that George Martin’s sixth book from his fantasy novel series will be released if not later this year but more possibly in January 2017.
However George Martin continues to remain silent about the release date of “The Winds of Winter,” obviously does not want to be bothered or pressured in his own writing pace, assuming that is really the case.