Dear Mr. Cornwell;

After reading the above, i just wanted to say that i am not soliciting anything, i just wanted to thank you for being the greatest story teller that i have ever found!  I read books like a junky consumes chemicals.  Early last year, i think it was, my wife bought me a few of your books.  As i read about five books a month, i just added them to the bottom of my “to read pile”.  I think the first one was Azincourt.  When i first read the back of the book, i thought “my wife bought me a horrible book”.  Inside of the first few pages i was hooked!  Even though this is a period of time that i was not interested in at the time, i really was hooked by your story telling.  I then began with Harlequin, and the others in that series.  Then i read the Grail Quest series, and immediately started with the Warlord Chronicles.  Leading up to Christmas, i told my wife, “please don´t waste money on silly things, I just want this series of books called the Sharp series”.  On Christmas, i opened a small box and it contained a Kindle.  I have to say i gave my wife a bit of grief, as i told her i was old fashioned and liked to feel and read real books.  She told me that it was really hard to find all of the real books, but she found a great deal on Amazon for all of the books on Kindle.  With a bit of anger, but a bit of curiosity, i began the series two days after Christmas with the Sharp series (which i did not think could be as good as your other books), and i was immediately hooked!  Even though i am a fast reader, i could not believe how fast i went through those books.  I bought the Starbuck chronicles right after finishing reading the Sharp series.  I was so disappointed that i was finished with all of your books, i started on the Sharp series again!  I just finished the whole series for the second time today!

I am sorry to ramble on, but i have to say since Christmas, i have filled all of my free time with reading your stories!  In the last seven weeks i have been avoiding opening my emails (which is great), and just reading.  Really, i just wanted to thank you for being such a great story teller.  I have read thousands of books, so many authors.  I have found a handful of authors who are great story tellers like yourself, but none of them keep a story going like you do.  It is really nice to be able to follow a character over such a great span of time!  Thank you for your work.  Also, coming to your web site, i think that i have not read the Saxon stories, so i will get that tonight on my Kindle!

Thank you again for your great story telling, i am thoroughly entertained by everything that you write!  Have a great rest of your week!

Yours in health,

Dr. Mark J. Styers