W hile HBO confirmed that Game of Thrones will return for its eighth and final season in 2019, George R.R. Martin remains less than forthcoming about the release of the long-awaited sixth book in "As a fan of George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire book series and the HBO show Game of Thrones, I would love to be able to predict when The Winds of Winter will finally be released. Trust him — George R.R. Martin is still working on "The Winds of Winter." The highly anticipated sixth book in Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" series has now been in the works for over a decade. Winds of Winter is still no closer to being complete, judging by George R. R. Martin's latest update. but still doesn't have a firm release date just yet. Martin wrote several Game of Thrones George RR Martin's last book in the series came out in 2011 Credit: Getty. The last book, A Dance With Dragons, was released over ten years ago now. But Reddit user and maths whizz Zupadan thinks they may have worked it out. And if they're right, the next book, Winds of Winter, could be available very soon. This story originally appeared on Winter is Coming. "A Song of Ice and Fire" fans have been waiting for George R.R. Martin to finish writing "The Winds of Winter" for over a decade now; the last January 2017: OK, for Real This Time, 2017 Is the Year . A fan asks Martin on his blog for a Winds of Winter update, and while Martin’s a bit peeved to be asked about it again, he offers a The Winds of Winter, the sixth book in what Martin hopes will be a seven-book series, still has no planned release date. Martin says he will only set a ending in George R.R. Martin’s books; lj6vhOJ.