Iko kunogara kunouya nguva iyo yega yega murondedzeri wenhoroondo dzekunyepedzera anopedzisa kubata izvo zviripo zvinonakidza pamwe nekuwedzera kusahadzika nekuda kwenzvimbo yerima yenguva dziri kure. Robert Harris kwaisazove kusarudzika. Munharaunda umo kutenda nedzidziso dzakadzinga chikonzero nesainzi, mupristi anoongorora kufa kwemumiriri wemaruwa.
Great Britain, 1468. Mupristi Christopher Fairfax anosvika mumusha uri kure wakatumwa naBhishopi weExeter kuzopemberera mariro evicar uyo anga achangofa. Mushakabvu, muunganidzi anodisa wezvakagadzirwa kubva kune dzimwe nguva, akaurayiwa netsaona achichera padyo. Fairfaix anogara mugaraji uye munzvimbo dzakafa dzezvitendero anowana muunganidzwa wezvinhu zvinofungidzirwa kuti ndezvechokwadi, uye zvinyorwa zvevanyanzvi munguva yakapfuura zvinoratidza chokwadi chakasiyana nedzidziso yeChechi, inosimbisa kuti murume akarangwa nematambudziko mana: madenda, hondo, nzara uye kufa mushure mekuzvipira kune sainzi uye tekinoroji.
Kudzoka chete mukutenda munaKristu ndiko kwakaponesa vanhu mune zvakanyanya. Fairfax anowana kuti shongwe iri padyo pakafira vicar ine zvisaririra zvevanhu vakarasika, uye humbowo hwese hunonongedzera kune mumwe munhu anovaisa ipapo vachifunga nezveramangwana kwaizokwanisika kuivaka zvakare. Kuverengwa kwemabhuku enhema anovhunza masimba masimba aMwari uye zvikonzero zveApocalypse, pamwe nekuferefetwa kunonyudza munharaunda iyoyo yakasarudzika kuchazungunusa kutenda nekutenda kwemupristi mudiki.
