Epilogue away from end of A Storm of Swords (3rd book in Ice and Fire Series by George RR Martin, better known as A Game of Thrones, the first book in the series). Really good. High quality writing and incredible attention to detail. I've noticed some formulaic stuff, like how he starts each chapter at a point in time, then uses flashbacks to cover stuff he's skipped chronologically. He does this in almost every chapter. But my tendency to be disappointed w/ formulas doesn't really apply when it's so highbrow, so it's more an "I feel ya" thing w/ the author than disdain (like w/ stupid James Patterson).
I also noticed overuse of the word "niggardly." He never used it in the first 2 books of the series, but used it about 3 times in this book, in different chapters, w/ different characters. It's not the kind of word you forget b/c of its coincidental resemblance to THAT word. It's as if he just learned or remembered this word. I don't like that.
He writes consecutive chapters from the povs of different characters -- about 9 or so in this book -- in no discernible, regimented order that I've noticed. Something I really like w/in this format is that each character makes decisions that seem logical in isolation, but b/c of the last chapter you read or the next chapter you will read, you recognize how the decisions contribute to some overall "oh so close," "ships passing in the night" quality that is agonizing for the reader, but acceptable, too. Do this poorly and you come off like some contrived soap opera crap. Martin does it pretty brilliantly, though.