A new book. And we have jumped back in time so we can find out what was happening with all the other characters who were not in AFfC while we were reading it. Should be interesting!
The prologue starts, as ever, with a doomed character. This time we're north of the wall with Varamyr Sixskins. Did we meet him before? In Mance Rayder's tent, perhaps? It's possible. Anyway, he has met Jon Snow at some point because he recognised him as a fellow skin-changer. Does this skill come from Bran or do all the Stark children have it from raising the direwolves?
Varamyr doesn't seem like a very nice chap. Killed his baby brother and his teacher. Does all kinds of abominable warg abominations. Ran away when Stannis's army turned up. I'm not entirely clear on what caused his eagle to burn. Did Jon fire an arrow at it a couple of books back? Maybe that was it. There's a rumour of a fleet of ships carrying free-folk south. It might even be true.
Anyway nowhere is safe anymore. Varamyr is wounded and dying. He is helped by a woman named Thistle, so naturally he tries to take over her body when the wights attack. That goes wrong, so he ends up being a wolf.
