Veering slightly away from the saga of Aefelthrith and Gwladys for a moment. I'm putting the book version of the 'Dead Reckoning' saga together and it struck me that it really needed an Introduction to explain the background to the story. How we got to be where we are, sort of thing. I decided that the best way to do that might be a note from Archibald to his mother. See what you think!