Maester Steven, I entirely understand your distaste for the Starbuck Chronicles (the protagonist is more Jackass than Stag, if nothing else) but may I please ask what makes you dislike Mr Bernard Cornwell’s novels of the American Revolution? (as an Ardent Briton one must admit that REDCOAT makes me grumble, but one rather enjoyed THE FORT for reasons that the first part of this sentence probably make very obvious).