Hi Bernard,

May I start by saying I absolutely love your writing and chase all the sharp series on DVD too.

My favourite of all are the warrior chronicles to date and I am nearly finished book 6 now with book 7 staring at me waiting to be read.

I know it’s a small silly question but of all I have read I wondered why Uhtred sacrificed his dog instead of waiting to see if the priest could clear the spirits from the cave first.  Was is as simple as to do that was to recognise the Christian faiths power?  Being a huge dog lover – and at present at 4am sitting with my puppy ashes wouldn’t sleep I can’t even imagine the pain that would have caused to kill your favourite and shocked me so thought I would.

Probably the most trivial question ever sorry!

Your books make my journey to and from the city of London to work pleasure instead of the hell they could be and I have nearly missed my stop on  ore than one occasion as I get so engrossed.

Kind regards

Gill