Ngexesha lam iinoveli zikaMichael Ende zihlala ziphelela ekubeni zizinto ekubhekiswa kuzo ngokubhekisele kwifantasy yolutsha. Kule mihla yonke into yahluka-hlukene kwaye iphupha elingenatyala likaHarry Potter linxulumana nobunzima beTwilight. Hayi okanye ngokuchasene, ngokwahlukileyo.
Ke, kule panorama, kuhlala kunomdla ukufumana umsebenzi ococekileyo wento eqhelekileyo. Inkqubo ye- ncwadi Cage kaKumkani ithatha iifomula eziqhelekileyo zokuthimba abo bafundi bancinci banomdla wokuzonwabisa okuhle kuhonjiswe ngeyona fantasy intle.
UMare Barrow uyinkosazana elahlekelwe ngumlingo wakhe, okanye ubuncinci uyibeke kwimvelaphi phambi kwenyani yakhe ethuthumbisayo. UMare uphila kumaphupha akhe amabi ngento awayecinga ukuba iza kuba liphupha lakhe eliyinkosazana. Kodwa isikhulu sakhe simse kuphela kwintlango yosizi lwakhe. Ngaphandle kothando, ngaphandle kwezenzo, ebukumkanini obucinywe ngobuvila.
Ngeli xesha, Maven Calore, njengoKumkani waseNorta ongenakoyiswa kwaye onobundlongondlongo uyaqhubeka nokwandisa ubumnyama bakhe ngakumbi nangakumbi, ukuya eziphelweni zehlabathi.
Nangona kunjalo, umoya wemvukelo usagcina idangatye elincinci lethemba. INkosana uCal, eyayihluthwe ubukumkani bayo obunye, iqokelela imikhosi ukuze ivuselele imvukelo ebomvu, ilungiselela ukuhlaselwa kwamandla ngazo zonke iindleko. Ububi kufuneka bujongane namandla kunye nobungangamsha, ukubetha emva kokubetha kude kube lula ukulawula kwakhona.
UMare Barrow uya kufumanisa kwi-Cal inkosana yokwenyani, kungekuphela kobukumkani kodwa nentliziyo yakhe. Ngaye unokuphinda ube nethuba lokuthanda kwakhona kwihlabathi elitsha. Kwaye uya kwenza konke okusemandleni akhe ukuba ayenze loo nto, afumane ubukrelekrele bakhe, bokuba kukukhanya kwe-ray yakhe enamandla.
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