Sir: You are my all-time favorite author, although it is exhausting trying to keep up with all your different series. Reading your novels fuels my dreams of one day being a writer of modern and historical fiction and nonfiction. I especially like it when characters from one series pop up in other books (i.e., Sharpe’s son as a French officer in Starbucks). I was wondering if you’ve ever considered having Sharpe and Sandman meet, as they are contemporaries. I have a feeling they would have been friends, or at least not enemies. Also, do you have any information on the reissuing of some of your older books in the U.S., such as the rest of the sea stories and the third book you wrote with your wife? Thank you once again for keeping me entertained and educated for many years, and keep up the good work. Jason Oakley