Melisandre is from outside the fantasy novels of George R. R. Martin.
A Clash of Kings is the second novel in A Song of Ice and Fire , an epic fantasy series by American author George R. R. Martin expected to consist of seven volumes . A Song of Ice and Fire is a series of epic fantasy novels by the American novelist and screenwriter George R. R. Martin . Melisandre . Introduced in 1998 's A Clash of Kings , Melisandre originates from the continent Essos and has come to Westeros to propagate her faith in the Red God . A Song of Ice and Fire is an ongoing series of epic fantasy novels by American novelist and screenwriter George R. R. Martin . The fictional world in which the A Song of Ice and Fire novels by George R. R. Martin take place is divided into several continents .