Dear Mr. Cornwell –
I am an avid fun, and constantly delighted by your writing. Thank you kind sir!
Before I became a photographer (my present calling) I worked for Electronic Arts – the computer gaming company, for almost a decade as a computer game designer. Game designers will sometimes place an “Easter Egg” into the game, which is typically some sort of small joke or homage for the players to find. It is often a well hidden Easter Egg, which makes it feel even more rewarding when you find it.
I could not help smiling this morning when I read the last sentence of page 180, in 1356: “And so, in the dusk, Roland to the dark tower came”
I’m wondering if you placed that there for Stephen King fans, or if it is simply a coincidence. If the former, I congratulate you on the well hidden Easter Egg and tip my hat to you.
If you have no idea what I’m talking about, then my apologies. Please continue your fine work, be well of health, and stout of heart.
Kind Regards,
Christian DeBaun

I had to smile when I read the last sentence of Chapter 6 of 1356..”And so in the dusk, Roland to the dark tower came.”  Is this a tip of the literary hat to Stephen King, as these are, if I recall, about the exact words he used in the last book of his Dark Tower series as his Roland arrives there?
Thanks for another Thomas of Hookton book…fun reading, and I enjoy all the stuff about constructing the bows and arrows.  How did they make the arrow shafts so straight with the technology of the time??

Robb Palmer