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A Dance With Dragons by George R. R. Martin

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The events here in A Dance With Dragons, the fifth installment of A Song of Ice and Fire series, run parallel to A Feast for Crows .  Readers can follow Jon, Tyrion, Daenerys, Davos, and Brandon once again after the events in  A Clash of Kings . Halfway through this book, some of the characters from A Feast for Crows reappear indicating that the split of narratives from two locations have merged. Tyrion Lannister is a renegade fleeing King's Landing and the wrath of his sister. While Jon Snow, the new lord commander of the Night's Watch, has to deal with brothers constantly questioning his decisions, a demanding Stannis Baratheon, the Wildlings they have defeated, and the looming threat beyond the Wall. Daenerys is torn between her desire to go home and her duty to the people she freed. Her rule in Meereen is challenged and rumors of forces gathering to oust her only made her position vulnerable. What's more, she seems to have lost control of her dragons. Davos o...