Greetings, Lord. I’m from the states (Texas to be specific) and will likely be beating a dead horse and/or sacrificing one to THOR and Odin but recently I discovered your Saxon Chronicles books and had begun listening to them on my commute to work. As this will come as no surprise, I stumbled on and was subsequently enveloped in, the audio books read by Tom Sellwood. Imagine my disappointment when I scrambled, trying to find the Sword Song reading, only to find that for some inexplicable reason he didn’t record this book. Tom has–as I’m sure you’ve never been told–brought a terrible life to your words and in no small stretch, Uhtred himself. I understand that Sword Song may be a lost cause but could you possibly entreat those who have control of the recorded books to enlist, bribe, black-mail, threaten or otherwise, ask nicely, that they have Tom read the next book? Also, I know that you don’t live next door or anything but do you ever make it to the States for speeches and signings? In particular, do you ever make it to Texas? Thanks for reading my mail and for bringing someone like Uhtred into the world. What a good bastard he’s become.

Tim Fontaine