I realize that my previous comment was not a question, ha…Didn’t realize I had the chance to ask one, well as for starters I would very much like to say I had made the mistake of reading Lords of the North prior to the first two…Yes I know! Blasphemy! But…What can I do? No one ever said anything about their being a trilogy at the time and it was a gift. But I already have the first two now and am beginning… Now as for some questions, this one pertains to the whole idea of the sword in the stone. I do realize that Excalibur was given to Arthur by Merlin after he passed a series of tests, but where do the whole ‘mumbo jumbo’ of the sword in the stone pertain? Also I am curious what differs in a ‘blood-oath’,’scar-oath’ (what Nimue and Derfel took). and the hundreds of oaths are swore under… It seems they all may result in the same thing, distrust and a new enemy.

Now as for Uhtred, and I know that you are already thinking, well… READ THE OTHER 2! But that may not be the case. You mention Serpent’s Breath and Wasp Sting… I know Serpent’s Breath was a long sword, but what was Wasp Sting? (This may be answered in the first two) And does he ever dual wield them?

Finally…When did Druids first start appearing? Only some mundane questions, nothing really serious, perhaps if I asked when you believed the fourth book for the Saxon’s Tale was going to come out; they maybe something to bicker about… But Those are my questions and hopefully this makes up for the last comment, thank you and please…PLEASE!!! Continue your writing! It is truly wonderful and very enjoyable, I could not express it more on how much I truly take passion in reading your books. -Nick Lepperd, Decsendent from the Norse…