Hi Bernard.

Don’t fret this is not yet another “will Nate return” question. I’m using the lockdown to re-read the Starbuck series. For my sins it’s how I read, somewhat superficially so I can find pleasure and even a new plotline in a book many times. So a question that has bugged me since my first reading if you will indulge me, Generally it seems you pick the winners, Sharpe, Uhtred, Arthur, etc. Was there a reason you chose to enlist Starbuck in the confederacy and not have a displaced southerner fight for the north?

Steve Cavell