Hi, I’d just like to say that your books are amazing. I picked up a copy of “The Last Kingdom” just before Christmas, finished that in a few weeks, and ordered a copy of “The Pale Horseman” from Borders. It arrived late, but I made up for time lost by finishing the book in 2 days. Not many books can keep me that enthralled. The way that you created the mood of despair when the Danes attack from nowhere, forcing Wessex almost to its knees was just purely golden. You pretty much made the reader feel as though there was no salvation at all. I rarely find historical fiction novels like this anywhere, and these are just some of the best novels I have ever read. I myself have always had a vast interest in Ancient, and Medieval (specifically Saxon and Norman England, along with the Vikings, as my mother’s family is almost directly descended from the Saxons and (oddly) the Picts too.) Thanks for listening to my groveling and admiration, Merlin. (Yes, this is my real name.)