Mwambi wotchuka umati simuyenera kubwerera kumalo komwe mudali osangalala. Ken Follett adafuna kuti abwerere pangozi.
Kusungunuka kwina kumalowerera owerenga mamiliyoni ambiri omwe adapanga "Mizati ya Dziko Lapansi" kuti igawanike chimodzimodzi zaka zingapo zapitazo. Chifukwa mawu apakamwa, pomwe mawuwa sanamveke ngati opatsirana, adagwira ntchito ngati kale kuti agwire ntchito yongopeka, zinsinsi komanso zosangalatsa.
Koma ngati Ken Follett akufuna kubwerera kudzatiuza zonse kuyambira pachiyambi, sitingamuperekeze bwanji? Mwina motere, pang'ono ndi pang'ono, tidzafika koyambirira kwa chilichonse, kuthamangitsidwa ku Paradaiso. Njira yotuluka mu Edeni yomwe inataya anthu ndi ufulu wawo wamagazi, "phesi momwe mungathere" ndi kukoma kwachilango chamuyaya.
En Mdima ndi m'bandakucha, Ken Follett akuyambitsa owerenga paulendo wapaulendo womwe umathera pomwepo Mizati ya dziko lapansi akuyamba.
Chaka 997, kutha kwa Mibadwo Yamdima. England ikukumana ndi ziwopsezo kuchokera ku Welsh kuchokera kumadzulo komanso ma Vikings ochokera kummawa. Moyo ndi wovuta ndipo omwe amagwiritsa ntchito mphamvu amagwiritsa ntchito nkhonya zachitsulo ndipo nthawi zambiri amalimbana ndi mfumuyo.
M'nthawi yovutayi, miyoyo itatu imadutsana: Edgar wachinyamata womanga zombo, atatsala pang'ono kuthana ndi mkazi yemwe amamukonda, akuzindikira kuti tsogolo lake lidzakhala losiyana kwambiri ndi zomwe amaganiza pomwe nyumba yake idasakazidwa ndi ma Vikings; Ragna, mwana wopanduka wa mfumukazi ya ku Norman, amapita ndi mwamuna wake kudziko lina kutsidya kwa nyanja kuti akazindikire kuti miyambo kumeneko ndi yosiyana moopsa; ndi Aldred, wolemekezeka, wokhala ndi maloto osintha nyumba yake yocheperako kukhala malo ophunzirira osiririka ku Europe konse. Atatuwo adzipeza okha pakulimbana ndi Bishop Wynkhanza Wynstan, wotsimikiza kuwonjezera mphamvu zake zivute zitani.
Nkhani yayikulu komanso zodabwitsazi zimatipititsa mpaka nthawi yachiwawa komanso yankhanza ndikuyamba kwatsopano munkhani yayikulu komanso yosangalatsa yolakalaka mpikisano, kubadwa ndi imfa, chikondi ndi chidani.
Mukutha tsopano kugula buku "The Darkness and the Dawn" lolembedwa ndi Ken Follett, apa: