Greetings Bernard,

I am a fan of only about a year, but have successfully made my way through the Saxon Chronicle and Grail Quest series.

Guy Vexille has to be my favorite antagonist character that you have written.Towards the end of Heretic, I appreciate the deeper look you provide into the deeper motivations of Guy and his (mad) desire to fight alongside his cousin Thomas and rule with grandeur in France. I wouldn’t say there was incongruity, but I was genuinely surprised starting midway through Vagabond the gestures of conciliation he began to occasionally offer, mixed with his unfortunate, cold blooded killing. I’m still not sure whether it was seeing usefulness in Thomas’s role as an unmatched killing machine, or familial. What started as a “love to hate” character, I felt a sense of sadness at the circumstances at the end of Heretic. From early on, did you know precisely how things were going to proceed between Guy and Thomas in the wider story arc, or was there a process of discovery as you were writing the books? Was there any chance of them unifying, even temporarily, on some battlefield against a sudden or common enemy?

On the other topic of Book tours, I have toured your Facebook page and many areas of the website, and have not encountered much in the way of book tours. I can imagine it is hard to find the time with your rate of publication! Is this not something you typically do? If I am mistaken, I would appreciate your direction as to where I should check for future opportunities.

Regards,

Sean Malone