most potent storytelling is hidden in the smaller, more grounded tales of Ser Duncan the Tall and his squire, . As the third installment in the Tales of Dunk and Egg El Caballero Misterioso (The Mystery Knight)

: Egg becomes suspicious as he realizes the wedding guests are almost exclusively former supporters of the Blackfyre Rebellion , a failed uprising against the Targaryen crown. Hidden Identities : Dunk encounters a charismatic hedge knight named Ser John the Fiddler , who reveals himself to be Daemon II Blackfyre

Read it with a glass of dark ale and a candle burning low. And when you finish, sit in the dark for a minute. George R. R. Martin has not forgotten how to make you care. He just wants you to know that caring hurts.