I was thrilled to see the Sword Song excerpt posted. When I saw the cover art and started reading, I first thought ‘Battle of Benfleet’, but I saw that Uhtred is 28, and there’s 16 years between Ethandun and Benfleet. Maybe at the end of the book? Oh, well- don’t hurry too much. I say ‘nuts’ to Starbuck; keep writing more Saxon stories! As much as I enjoyed the Arthur books, the Saxon stories feel much more grounded in a historical reality, and I think that your familiarity with Old English really comes through in the idioms. The first person narrative is fantastic.
Eric