Lokaci koyaushe yana zuwa lokacin da kowane mai ba da labari na ƙagaggun tarihin ya ƙare don magance mai ban sha'awa na rana tare da ƙarin shakku saboda yanayin duhu na lokutan nesa. Daga Robert Harris ba zai zama banda ba. A cikin al'umma inda imani da akida suka kore hankali da kimiyya, wani firist yayi bincike akan mutuwar wani malamin karkara.
Biritaniya, shekara ta 1468. Firist Christopher Fairfax ya isa wani ƙauye mai nisa wanda Bishop na Exeter ya aiko don bikin jana'izar firist wanda ya mutu. Marigayin, mai son tara kayan tarihi daga wasu lokuta, an kashe shi bisa kuskure yayin da yake haƙawa a kusa da wurin. Fairfaix yana zaune a cikin vicarage kuma a cikin ɗakunan mamacin addini yana gano tarin abubuwan da ake ɗauka na bidi'a, da rubutun kwararru a baya waɗanda ke ba da shawarar wata gaskiya ta daban ga koyarwar Cocin, wanda ke tabbatar da cewa an hukunta mutumin da huɗun. annoba: annoba, yaki, yunwa da mutuwa bayan sun mika wuya ga kimiyya da fasaha.
Komawa zuwa bangaskiya cikin Kristi ne kawai ya ceci ɗan adam a cikin tsattsauran ra'ayi. Fairfax ta gano cewa hasumiyar da ke kusa da vicar ta mutu tana ɗauke da ɗimbin ɗimbin wayewa da ta ɓace, kuma duk shaidun suna nuna wani ya ajiye su a can yana tunanin makomar inda zai yiwu a sake gina ta. Karatun litattafan karkatattu waɗanda ke tambayar ikon Allah madaukaki da abubuwan da ke haifar da Apocalypse, tare da binciken da ya nutsar da shi a cikin wannan keɓaɓɓiyar al'umma zai girgiza bangaskiya da imanin matashin firist.
