Hi Bernard,
I just wanted to comment on Clay’s Shaffeurs message to you, reference Dian’s Death in the warlord trilogy… I wanted to echo his sentiments at how heartbreaking that was… it was a breathtaking piece of writing and one that utterly floored me… (especially when Derfel spoke into the stone while with Aella and his description of her hearing her fathers voice… heart breaking) made more resonant because your description of Dian matches exactly the character and appearance of my youngest and I don’t mind telling you it haunted me… (in a good way) appreciating that you wrote that a long time ago can you recall how it made you feel writing that, it was so so heart wrenching … it couldn’t of just flown from the quill without leaving behind something in the soul of its author… (unless of course he is the worst kind of tyrannical megalomaniac who enjoys the god like power of deciding the fate of all whom he births via his omnipotent quill!)
James Shoebridge