I recently became active in a Tennessee Civil War reenacting group, the 12th Tennessee Artillery (Union) and one of my new friends lent The Starbuck Chronicles to me.  I haven’t been able to put them down since I started them.  I am currently reading Battle Flag.  A looming disappointment awaits me knowing that this work is unfinished.  I have become vested in the characters.  These books are such a great read, especially if you love Civil War era history.  Most of the books I read are non-fiction, but I have learned a lot about actual events from the books from a human perspective that I haven’t gleaned from the actual historic interpretations.  I love the dynamic between the Starbuck and Faulconer families.  Both with their traitor sons.  Anyway, I’ll not bore you with a long message about all that I love about your books.  All I really want to know, is there any chance this story will be completed?  In our modern world, to talk about history is soiled heavily by current partisan politics and sensitivity.  I wish it wasn’t so.  Thank you for writing these books and I sincerely hope they may be completed some day.  Thank you.

Justin Gillespie

Dear Bernard,

It is wonderful to see a new Sharpe book is in the offing, but I have always been curious as to why there have been no further books in the Starbucks Chronicles.  It feels like one is left up in the air and I wonder if you intend to tie the stories up in future?  I am a great fan of your writing and am extremely pleased that there is a new Sharpe story coming.

Wiktor Falko