# House of the Dragon **URL:** **By** Robby Soave, Landry Ayres, Natalie Dowzicky **Published:** November 9, 2022 --- Winter has come and gone—but does the Spring breathe new life into Westeros? ## SUMMARY: “All men must serve,” as the saying goes—but whom must they serve? That’s the question posed by the new HBO series from the mind of George R. R. Martin, _House of the Dragon_. Set almost two centuries prior to the enormously successful _Game of Thrones_ series, _House of the Dragon_ sets up House Targaryen’s eventual fall from power, provides context for the fractured, feudal state of Westeros to come, and asks; who should have the right to rule? Reason’s Natalie Dowzicky and Robby Soave join the show to point out how the series is an example of the failures of a government absent the constitutional rule of law, elite fears of populism, and crumbling institutions usurped by greed and power.