I am an avid reader of the Saxon Stories and have already managed to get through the Flame Bearer. As always, brilliant work, and it remains one of my favourite series.

Osferth has always been one of my favourite characters in the book; I must ask, has he died now? I cannot recall him falling in battle in the last book yet there is no mention of him in the Flame Bearer, apart from the thought on cousin Uthred’s wife and son. Will we see him again? Or is he gone, now?

Charles