A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms 2026 Calendar (Paperback)

Locus Award-winning artist Tom Kidd brings us the landscapes and castles of Westeros as never seen before, inspired by the adventures of Dunk and Egg in A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms—90 years before the time of Game of Thrones—with twelve stunning calendar illustrations, plus a thirteenth bonus fold-out poster.

Journey across Westeros and Essos with artist Tom Kidd, as we follow the adventures of hedge knight, Dunk, and his squire, Egg, inspired by their tale in A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. Featuring the pre-history of the bestselling series, as well as youthful glimpses of some of the older players in A Game of Thrones, here is the width and breadth of the Seven Kingdoms and Essos as you have never seen it before, full of majesty and sweeping vistas.

George R. R. Martin is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of many novels, including those of the acclaimed series A Song of Ice and Fire—A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and A Dance with Dragons—as well as related works such as Fire & Blood, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, The World of Ice & Fire, and Rise of the Dragon (the last two with Elio M. García, Jr., and Linda Antonsson). Other novels and collections include Tuf Voyaging, Fevre Dream, The Armageddon Rag, Dying of the Light, Windhaven (with Lisa Tuttle), and Dreamsongs Volumes I and II. As a writer-producer, he has worked on The Twilight Zone, Beauty and the Beast, and various feature films and pilots that were never made. He lives with his lovely wife, Parris, in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Tom Kidd had transitioned from starving artist to thriving illustrator by 1982 and, in the many subsequent years, has worked consistently for companies and publishers worldwide, creating book covers, illustrated volumes of classic literature, concept art for movies, and paintings for this calendar.

His art has won him a Locus Award, a World Fantasy Award, eight Chesley Awards, and many other accolades.

Tom has authored four books: The Tom Kidd Sketchbook, Kiddography: The Art & Life of Tom Kidd,  OtherWorlds, and Fantastic Dragons and How to Draw Them.

Tom is the official artist for the “1632” series of alternate history books by Eric Flint and others published by Baen Books, for which he has done over 40 covers.

For Subterranean Press, he illustrated Songs of Dying Earth: Stories in Honor of Jack Vance, as well as a deluxe edition of Vance’s Dying Earth and the Book of Babel series by Josiah Bancroft.