Dear Mr. Cornwell. There are few authors who have enthralled me to the point of having to read every single book in the series. I must congratulate you for your Arthur and Alfred series. They are both quite good, filled with action, wonder, romance and foul language. I must admit that Derfel and Uhtred gave from the beginning an impression of responding to your ideal first character. It is interesting that they both have conflicting relationships with the historical first characters that give the name to the series. I must congratulate you for the stubbornly foul relationship between Uhtred and Alfred, when all readers are wishing they get over it. Please allow me to say one slightly negative comment: I found Sword Song to be much less interesting than the other books, perhaps because so little seems to happen in comparison. In any case I am chewing my feet off waiting for the next book, so please open the file and get on with it! Thank you for your time, I understand there are too many of us fans and too few of you Bernard Cornwell.
Guillermo Reher