Many thanks for your wonderful books Uhtred has taken over from Sharpe as our ultimate hero, my husband wants to know if Uhtred’s shepherd and his dogs who saved Uhtred from a clobbering, got rewarded and will he (and his dogs reappear at some stage in another heroic gesture? Being a shepherd himself he has a vested interest in knowing so to speak. we are really waiting impatiently for the next one,all the best,keep well Pat and Robert Moon.