Tomorrow, the Game of Thrones is afoot once more. After six long years of waiting (longer, in the case of some characters), A Dance with Dragons -- the fifth volume in George R.R. Martin's fantasy saga A Song of Ice and Fire, the first volume of which, A Game of Thrones, being the inspiration for the hit HBO series -- will finally be released. Personally, I'll be so cut off from the Internet in order to read the thing that you'll have to reach me by raven. But until then, let's celebrate the publication of this long-anticipated hope-it's-a-masterpiece with a gallery of the best Game of Thrones/A Song of Ice and Fire art the Internet has to offer. Please note: If all you've seen is the TV show, there are some mild SPOILERS ahead in the form of characters you haven't met and, in a couple of cases (though nothing major, so don't panic) events you haven't seen. Just avoid that map at the bottom and you're all set.

Many thanks to Zack Soto's The Wall Defends Itself tumblr, Kris Mukai & Maritsa Patrinos's Game of Thrones minizine, the #Winterfell deviantART community, and Elio & Linda of Westeros.org for helping me discover many of these treasures.

Check out the whole gallery after the jump -- click on any image to go to its original source, or as close to it as I could get! And please, NO SPOILERS IN THE COMMENTS, for any book in the series. I will be very strict about this. Longsword-swinging strict.