Dear Bernard Many thanks for your reply dated 16th August, I was delighted to read theres a good chance to conclude Starbuck, and even more so getting a response back from you. Just wondering, with the 100th year anniversary of the First World War looming ever closer have you ever contemplated doing a series of books relating to that time? Would you ever consider doing just a book on each year of the war depicting a different character from nationalities that took part (German, French, British subject, Commonwealth subject, etc)? By doing a different personality and nationality it may give you the opportunity to kill them off, (not that I would necessarily want you too) but something youve not done to the main character before. I recently had the opportunity to visit the battlefields of Verdun, the Somme and Ypres including the surrounding areas associated with those battles, something Ive wanted to do for a while and I found it quite amazing, hence the reason for my original post of what inspiration you find visiting sites you write about. Cheers Neil