As an Afghan War veteran, I would like to tell you that your books helped me through a very stressful and difficult time. I was able to order your books through amazon.com, and I often received them in Kandahar them within a week of placing my order. God bless the internet and the AFB PX! I enjoy the irony of me being to escape the reality of a real war by reading your vivid, exciting and authentic war novels. Now that I’ve gone on to finish your Sharpe and Starbuck series, and I’m into the Saxon stories, I get the impression that you may enjoy researching your books more than you enjoy writing them. Am I correct? jb nordquist