Dear Mr. Cornwell, I picked up a copy of The Burning Land at the Library and found I could not put it down. What a compelling story! I only realized after I finished it that it is the last of the Saxon Stories so I shall now go back to the beginning and read all the others. I must ask, however, what became of Smoka, Uhtred’s magnificent and beloved war stallion? Will he perhaps appear in another novel? Thank you for your wonderful works of historical fiction that I can eagerly now recommend to my students. Gratefully, Linda Carpenter