Your books are quite simply amazing. I have ran out of superlatives to describe them, and people to recommend them to. Just one question for now when are these books going to be made in to films?

Dan Pelissier

Dear Bernard, Since you say that GATES OF FIRE is the best book you’ve ever read, I look forward to reading it. But it will have to go a long way to beat your Saxon Stories. THEY are the best books I have ever read and Uhtred is my favorite fictional character of all time (from any medium). Actually, I’ve been listening to them on audiobook, the unabridged, read by Tom Sellwood, and I’ve never heard a reader do a better job than he does on your books. This might sound unusual coming from a middle-aged woman, but I adore Uhtred’s unromantic realism and his ability to adapt and survive ANYTHING. I also love that he dislikes the Christians of his era, who were just as hateful of their competitors as anyone else, but so hypocritical about it. When I saw that the next book in the series will be out later this year, I would have done cartwheels if I could! My husband and I are both totally addicted. We sincerely hope you continue writing the series until you bring us to the place from which Uhtred tells all the stories – his old age. I couldn’t find any mention on your website about film/TV rights to the Saxon stories having been sold yet. Have they? I think they would make a fabulous series of movies or HBO series, some market that would allow all the brutality of the era to be shown without softening or euphemistic treatment. Your enthusiastic fan, Renne Renne Leatto