Just wanted to drop a line to say I love your books. I notice that there are a great many requests for you to write in various periods or expand on support characters from other books. I’ll add my voice to those who would like to see Patrick Lassan (maybe as part of the Charge of the Light Brigade?) but I’m truly content with whatever you decide. On a related note, when I read Sharpe (I read the 1st eleven books in the mid nineties), one support character really caught me. In fact, I got the impression that he might return. I don’t recall his name but he was an American sea captain who initially bumped heads with Sharpe but later teamed with him. Did you have plans to spin off with that? Thanks again for the great stories and I look forward to The Last Kingdom (or whatever your US publisher decides to rename it). David Neill