Ngaphezulu kweepithet ezinokwenzeka ezibandakanya umxholo wento eyonwabisayo yengqondo, UJohn katzenbach ngumbhali oye wenza ukuba ukuqiniswa kolwimi kube yimfuneko ukulungiselela umbono ojikeleze iinoveli zakhe. Imalunga noxinzelelo oluphezulu kuyo nayiphi na indlela yoloyiko njengento exhomekeke ngokupheleleyo kwi-psyche. Apho apho ukuxelwa kwangaphambili kwethu kunye noloyiko kunxulunyaniswa neendlela eziyimfuneko zokulumkisa. Kude kube kukhokelela kukoyikeka okungalawulekiyo emva kokuba umxholo wengqondo nganye ithathe ngokupheleleyo inyani.
Wamkelekile ke omtsha ingqondi Thriller ngakumbi edibanisa nengqondo yethu encinci njengeseshoni yehipnosis. Yonke into esuka kuvelwano oluphazamisayo kunye nabalinganiswa bakhe isoloko ihamba ngentambo enzonzobileni.
Xa uMaeve enyamalala engenamkhondo, intombi yakhe uSloane ayothuki: ukuba umama wakhe kufuneka anyamalale, inokuba kuphela phantsi kweemeko ezingaqhelekanga. Nangona kunjalo, ngeli xesha lahlukile: kwiintsuku ezimbalwa emva kokuduka kukanina, uSloane ufumana ipasile ayithumileyo, namawaka eedola, itayitile yendlu yakhe nompu. Kukwakho nenqaku elinala magama alandelayo: Thengisa yonke. Gcina umpu. Ziqhelise. Iyabaleka. Ngoku.
Kwiiveki nje ezimbini emveni kokuba ephumelele njengomyili wezakhiwo naphakathi kwale ndlela inqamlezileyo, uSloane ufumana isibonelelo somsebenzi kwisigidi esingummangaliso ofuna ukwakha izikhumbuzo ezithandathu zabantu abathandathu abaswelekileyo, kwakhona, phantsi kweemeko ezingaqhelekanga.
Njengoko uSloane ephanda oko kufa, ingcebiso kanina iya isiba ngakumbi nangakumbi. Ngubani onokumthemba ngoku uSloane? Ngaba uya kuba nexesha lokulandela ulwalathiso lukanina xa efika esiphelweni se-labyrinth esenziwe ngumqeshi wakhe omubi?
Ngoku ungathenga i- "Blind Trust", inoveli kaJohn Katzenbach, apha: