How is Dunk and Egg?
I haven't read any of the side books
I've only finished the first one (there's three so far), but it's pretty damn amazing.
The climax is amazing and Dunk is one of Grrms best characters.
"The
Dunk and Egg stories are an ongoing series of novellas written by
George R. R. Martin, set in the world of
A Song of Ice and Fire, prequels to the main novels. The stories relate the adventures of the
hedge knight Ser
Duncan the Tall, who would become a legendary member of the
Kingsguard, and his squire
Egg, who would become King
Aegon V Targaryen of
Westeros. The stories begin with their meeting eighty-nine years before the events of the main novels (
209 AC), and may cover the events until the
deaths of Duncan and King Aegon."
"More travels and more travails await our hedge knight and his squire in the years to come. From Dorne to the Wall, their journeys will carry them across the length and breadth of the Seven Kingdoms, and even beyond the narrow sea to the Disputed Lands and the shining cities of Essos.
Along the way they will cross paths with lords and knights and sorcerers, and many a fair maid and noble lady, to write their names into the annals of Westeros, never to be forgotten.
But those are tales for another time."
It's pretty sad knowing how they end up dying though.
The first story's only like 50 something pages, you should read it.
