Nthawi zonse imafika nthawi yomwe wolemba nkhani zongopeka amatha kuthana ndi zosangalatsa zomwe zikuchitika pakadali pano chifukwa chakuda kwakanthawi kwakanthawi. Robert Harris sichikanakhala chosiyana. M'dera lomwe chikhulupiriro ndi ziphunzitso zachotsa malingaliro ndi sayansi, wansembe amafufuza za imfa ya wolowa m'malo kumidzi.
Great Britain, 1468. Wansembe Christopher Fairfax akufika m'mudzi wakutali womwe watumizidwa ndi Bishop wa Exeter kukachita maliro a vicar yemwe anali atangomwalira kumene. Womwalirayo, wokonda zinthu zakale nthawi zina, adaphedwa mwangozi pomwe amakumba pafupi. Fairfaix amakhala m'chipindacho ndipo zipinda za wachipembedzowo womwalirayo amapeza zinthu zingapo zomwe zimawerengedwa kuti ndi zabodza, komanso zolemba za akatswiri m'mbuyomu zomwe zimapereka chowonadi chosiyana ndi chiphunzitso cha Tchalitchi, chomwe chimatsimikizira kuti mwamunayo adalangidwa ndi anayiwo miliri: miliri, nkhondo, njala ndi imfa atadzipereka ku sayansi ndi ukadaulo.
Kubwerera ku chikhulupiriro chokha mwa Khristu ndiko kudapulumutsa umunthu mwamphamvu. Fairfax apeza kuti nsanja yomwe pambali pake wamwalirayo adamwalira ili ndi zotsalira zambiri za chitukuko chomwe chatayika, ndipo maumboni onse akulozera kwa wina amene amawaika pamenepo akuganiza zamtsogolo momwe zingamangidwenso. Kuwerengedwa kwa mabuku ampatuko omwe amakayikira mphamvu zamphamvu za Mulungu ndi zomwe zimayambitsa Chivumbulutso, pamodzi ndi kufufuza komwe kumubweretsa m'dera lakutali kudzagwedeza chikhulupiriro ndi zikhulupiriro za wansembe wachinyamatayo.
