Sir,
I have been a voracious reader of fantasy, adventure and history (and historical fiction) since I was a teenager in the 70’s. I find literature to be better than movies and TV because your brain must do all the heavy lifting to paint the story in your head, not a director. And when literature both educates and entertains, nothing can be better then that. I’ve not found anyone who does this near as well as you. Rest when you need to, you certainly deserve it, but please write more novels and narratives for us as often as you can. We can’t be too educated or too entertained. So get to it Derfel. (And sorry this message took so long to send)
Steve Wittie