Isaci esidumileyo sithi akufuneki ubuyele kwiindawo owawonwabile kuzo. Ken Follett wayefuna ukuzibeka emngciphekweni wokubuya.
Unxunguphalo oluthile luhlasela izigidi zabafundi ezenze "Iintsika Zomhlaba" zafundwa ekwabelwana ngazo ngaxeshanye kwiminyaka embalwa eyadlulayo. Kungenxa yokuba ilizwi lomlomo, xa eli gama lalingekavakali njengesixhobo esasulelayo, lasebenza njengangaphambili lomsebenzi opheleleyo weentsomi, iimfihlakalo kunye nezinto ezonwabisayo.
Kodwa ukuba uKen Follett ebefuna ukubuya eze kusixelela yonke into kwasekuqaleni, singamkhaphi njani? Mhlawumbi ngale ndlela, kancinci kancinci, siyakufika ekuqaleni kwayo yonke into, ukugxothwa eParadesi. Indlela yokuphuma e-Eden elahla abantu ngenkululeko yokuzikhethela enegazi, eso sono sikaThixo "sokuhlaba kangangoko" ngencasa yesohlwayo sanaphakade.
En Ubumnyama nokusa, UKen Follett uqalisa umfundi kuhambo olude oluphela apho Iintsika zomhlaba iqala.
Unyaka wama-997, emva kwexesha elimnyama. INgilane ijongene nohlaselo oluvela eWelsh ukusuka entshona kunye neeViking ezivela empuma. Ubomi bunzima kwaye abo basebenzise amandla athile babasebenzisa ngenqindi yentsimbi kwaye bahlala bexabana nokumkani ngokwakhe.
Kula maxesha osiphithiphithi, abantu abathathu bawela phakathi: umakhi oselula u-Edgar, osecicini lokuthetha nomntu obhinqileyo amthandayo, uyaqonda ukuba ikamva lakhe liza kwahluka kakhulu kwinto awayeyicinga xa ikhaya lakhe lalichithwa ziiViking; URagna, intombi enemvukelo yesidwangube sakwaNorman, uhamba nomyeni wakhe baya kumhlaba omtsha phesheya kolwandle ukufumanisa nje ukuba amasiko alapho ahlukile ngendlela eyingozi; kunye no-Aldred, imonki enomdla, amaphupha okuguqula i-abbey yakhe ethobekileyo ibe liziko lemfundo elithandwayo kulo lonke elaseYurophu. Ezi zintathu ziya kuzifumana zikwimbambano noBhishophu onogonyamelo uWynstan, ezimisele ukunyusa amandla akhe ngayo nayiphi na indleko.
Inkosi enkulu yezenzo kunye nebali elithandabuzayo lisithuthela ngongcwalazi lwexesha elinobundlobongela kunye nokuqala kwexesha elitsha kwimbali emnandi nenomdla yamabhongo kunye nokulwa, ukuzalwa kunye nokufa, uthando kunye nentiyo.
Ngoku ungathenga inoveli "Ubumnyama kunye nokuKhanya" nguKen Follett, apha: