Dear Mr. Cornwell I would like to thank you for allowing me to be part of a whole new world. Like most boys growing up, I loved to play sports and hated to read. I did everything I could not to read as a child. As time went on, I found an excuse that worked pretty well. Someone told me I was dyslexic and had very little reading comprehension. I remember clearly the day I finished reading “The Red Pony”. It took me longer than most and it was painful. That was sixth grade. I later graduated from a University with my engineering degree knowing that was the only book that I had ever read from cover to cover. It was about five years later that I read a small book about Lance Armstrong. Since then I have struggled with several books and not finishing one of them. My wife is an avid reader and loves all of your books. She told me about the Saxon Stories and thought that I might be interested. I am of Danish descent and if it wasnt for the pleading of my mother, I would be known as Thor Anderson. Needless to say, I picked up the Last Kingdom and could not put it down. I have just finished The Lords of the North and can not wait to start the Sword Song. Your writing has truly opened my eyes to a whole new world. I know that I will not like everything or finish everything that I read, but I know you have truly allowed me to enjoy reading (something that I have hated for most of my life). Due to the great height of accomplishment that it is for me to finish an entire book, I am now buying a signed 1st edition as a trophy. I have my first, in the process of buying the rest, and waiting for Sword Sang. Well, in a nutshell, thank you! Sincerely, Lance Anderson