House of the Dragon is an American fantasy drama
television series. A independent prequel to Game of Thrones (2011–2019),
it is the second show in the franchise, created by
George R. R. Martin and Ryan Condal
for HBO. Both series are based on the A Song of Ice and Fire novels by
Martin. Condal and Miguel Sapochnik are the showrunners. Based on parts
of the novel Fire & Blood, the series is set about 200 years before the
events of Game of Thrones, 172 years before the birth of Daenerys
Targaryen, descendant of the eponymous royal house, and 100 years after
the Seven Kingdoms is united by the Targaryen Conquest. It portrays the
beginning of the end of House Targaryen, the events leading up to and
covering the Targaryen Civil war of succession, known as the "Dance of
the Dragons".