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oluamid: @naijababe, expect book 1 soonest.

I just finished reading the book 5 (again) and some things jumped out at me. GGRM is a very good writer simply because of his ability to put readers in suspense even after very lengthy 5 books. I wonder how he does it.

That said, is there anybody who is wondering where Varys has been until his appearance at the tail end of aDwD? That guy is a smooth operator. He disappeared after helping Tyrion to escape and came back only to kill Kevan Lannister and Grand Maester Pycell (excuse the spellings). This got me thinking, who are the real players of this Game of Thrones? Definitely not the Lannisters, the Starks, the Tyrells, the Boltons, and not even the Targeryens. Rather, we have Doran Martell (partly), Varys, Littlefinger, the Pentoshi Cheesemonger (Illyrio), and maybe Tyrion Lannister who just recently understood the game. Others like Stannis and Cersei are just pawns.

I can't wait for Tyrion to join the game. He has the wit to match the other players in the game.

I also don't know how Jon Snow and Mellisandre are going to be alive at the same time. Assuming Jon died of his wound after being stabbed by his black brothers, who is going to bring him back to life? Remember that Beric Dondarrion died after bringing back Catelyn Stark from the dead.

Does anyone remember Gendry? Robert Barratheon's bastard? What is his part in all of this? Is there anyway Mellisandre and Gendry are going to meet (like they did in the Game of Thrones tv series)? Who will rule King's Landing following the death of Kevan Lannister? Cersei or the Tyrells or the Faith?

Twists.

texanomaly: Happy new year Obinnau!!

oluamid: But, what exactly is Rickon and Osha doing in a place like Skagos? I mean, there are a lot of places they can go to. Why not go to Jogen Reed's father? What about the wall? Or the Vale? Why Skagos of all places?