On a literal timeline its only been about a year since the war began, but because there's SO much story and SO many characters, it's taken a very long time to put all the pieces together. Book 4 and 5 are actually one book split in two, with 4 covering characters in Westeros, and 5 focusing on characters elsewhere. GRRM pulled a The Two Towers on us.
Oh, I hope they don't do that when they adapt it for the tv show....
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Oh, I hope they don't do that when they adapt it for the tv show....