Hello Bernard. First of all good to see that Sword Song will be here soon (I won’t even mention Mr. Starbuck grr). I was in the bookshop the other day and discovered a series of books, read the first one within three days and went back and bought the other four after reading your recommendation on the back of them, they are the “Emperor” series by Conn Iggulden. They were absolutely fantastic and I could not put them down, his style of writing is very similar to yours and if it came out in the distant future that you were one and the same person it would not be a surprise, has anything similar been said to you before? Also can you write a bit faster please, your writing is like a very addictive drug, it could be said that you are the crack cocain of the writing world, Kind Regards, Philiip Newton