Game of Thrones Season 5 Plot Spoilers, Latest News: Author George R.R. Martin Hints At Unexpected Deaths Coming

Just because certain characters are still alive in the books based on George R.R. Martin's "A Song of Fire and Ice" novels doesn't mean they will live through the fifth season of "Game of Thrones" on HBO.

In an exclusive recent interview by Showbiz 411, George R.R. Martin revealed that the HBO fantasy series might kill off certain characters who managed to live through Martin's "A Dance With Dragons."

Martin, who wrote the novels that inspired the TV adaptation, even praised writers David Benioff and D.B. Weiss for being "bloodier" than him.

"People are going to die who don't die in the books, so even the book readers will be unhappy. So everybody better be on their toes," Martin said, according to the Verge.

Martin's announcement did not come as a big surprise since "Game of Thrones" showrunners have already proven their tendency to kill off characters who are still alive in the original chronology of books.

Martin made the announcement during the Writers Guild West Award on Saturday.

However, with some characters expected to be killed off in the TV series, the best-selling author failed to clarify the future connection between the books and the TV show, which at this point have similar plots.

Martin also admitted that he is not certain how the deaths of the characters will affect the remaining seasons of "Game of Thrones" before it ends.

"Game of Thrones" is based on Martin's "A Song of Fire and Ice," a novel series comprising of seven books.

"This is the fifth season; the sixth season HBO picked up last year. We will have a seventh, eighth or ninth, no one knows. They only renew one or two seasons at a time," Martin said, according to Showbiz 411.

"After we do Season 6, maybe we'll get a renewal for seventh and eighth. That all depends, Television is a very changeable medium," he added.

Numerous interviews, both with Martin and the showrunners, claimed that both parties know where their story ends. How they get there, though, could involve different paths.

Martin hinted that they have to keep HBO's "Game of Thrones," today's hottest show on TV, an exciting and unpredictable one since TV shows come and go.

"I certainly hope that we get to tell the entire story. Because whatever happens with the show, I'm going to finish the books, it will be seven books. But each of these books are 1,500 pages long and they each have enough material in them for several seasons," Martin said.

"I have two more books, the one I'm writing right now, 'The Winds Of Winter,' and after that the last book, 'The Dream of Spring.' So those will be the two final books. But we're talking 3,000 pages of material. How many seasons that translates to? That's up to D.B. and David," he added.