Dear, Mr. Cornwell I recently just finished reading the Warlord trilogy and they have become my favorite novels. Your story was so beautiful, original and captivating and I cared so much for the characters that I didn’t want it to end! Especially knowing that the story is so traditionally tragic. I have only one concern with the stroy and that regards Derfel snapping the bone given to him by Merlin to have his dream of Ceinwyn’s love be granted to him. Do you think that, in a way, Derfel cheated on love? Is the love between him and Ceinwyn truly original or a work of Merlin’s magic? I just want to thank you again for such brilliant works. You have inspired a 17 year-old from Dallas, Texas to do just a little more reading in the hope of finding as good a story as this one. Thank you. -Andrew McCarthy