Fans of The Last Kingdom got a little worried when a quietness settled following the end of Season 2. They feared they had seen the last of King Alfred and Uhtred. To their enjoyment and surprise, though, Netflix, which co-produced Season 2 with BBC, fully took over production and gave fans the Season 3 they were waiting for. But of course, that only leaves them wanting more and wondering if The Last Kingdom will return for Season 4.

The show is based off of a book series written by Bernard Cornwell called The Saxon Stories that, according to the author's site, "tell the tale of Alfred the Great and his descendants through the eyes of Uhtred, an English boy born into the aristocracy of ninth-century Northumbria, captured by theDanes and taught the Viking ways."

Currently, there are 11 books in the series — the latest, called War of the Wolf, was released in October of this year. And according to Cornwell's site, it's not the last of them. On November 14, shortly before Season 3 of the Netflix series released, Cornwell answered a fan's question on his professional website's Q&A forum regarding future books. "I suspect there will be three more books — one underway, two to come, the last being about Brunanburh," he wrote.

This means that there's still currently unwritten material on which the show can base its concepts and scripts. And especially now that it's officially a Netflix show, why wouldn't there be a Season 4? The show can officially capitalize off of the phrase