Congratulations on Uhtred’s latest book. The Last Kingdom and the Pale Horseman were always my favourite books in the series but I have LOVED the two most recent ones. I think the stories have come alive recently through Uhtred’s children and the pages just melt away reading about them. What I love most about them is that each of them have a core part of Uhtred about them.

There’s Uhtred who is every bit the warrior that his father is.

There’s father Judas who is every bit as stubborn as his father is.

And there’s Stiorra who is every bit the anarchist her father is.

I loved the suspense of the opening chapter where Uhtred the younger was the protagonist, will we see more chapters like this in the series? Was it much different writing from his perspective? I was disappointed to not see father Judas in this book and can only pray (to all the gods) he will crop up in the next book.

Thank you,

James Trethowan