Isisho esidumile sithi akufanele ubuyele ezindaweni lapho wawujabule khona. Ken Follett wayefuna ukuzibeka engcupheni ngokubuya.
I-melancholy ethile ihlasela izigidi zabafundi abenze "Izinsika Zomhlaba" ukufundwa okwabiwe ngokufana eminyakeni embalwa edlule. Ngoba izwi lomlomo, lapho leli gama lingakazwakali njengokutheleleka, lisebenze ngendlela engakaze yenzeke ngomsebenzi ophelele wenganekwane yomlando, imfihlakalo kanye nokuthokozisa.
Kodwa uma uKen Follett efuna ukubuya azositshela konke kusukela ekuqaleni okusha, asikwazi kanjani ukuhamba naye? Mhlawumbe ngale ndlela, kancane kancane, sizofika ekuqaleni kwakho konke, ukuthunjwa ePharadesi. Indlela yokuphuma e-Edene elahla abantu ngentando yabo yokuzikhethela enegazi, leso "siqu esinamandla ngangokunokwenzeka" ngokunambitheka kwesijeziso saphakade.
En Ubumnyama nokusa, UKen Follett uqalisa umfundi ohambweni oluhle olugcina lapho Izinsika zomhlaba kuqala.
Unyaka wama-997, ukuphela kweNkathi Yomnyama. INgilandi ibhekene nokuhlaselwa okuvela eWelsh kusuka entshonalanga namaViking asempumalanga. Impilo inzima futhi labo abasebenzisa amandla athile bayisebenzisa ngenqindi yensimbi futhi bavame ukungqubuzana nenkosi uqobo.
Kulezi zikhathi ezinesiphithiphithi, izimpilo ezintathu ziyahlangana: umakhi osemncane u-Edgar, onqenqemeni lokuzibandakanya nowesifazane amthandayo, uyabona ukuthi ikusasa lakhe lizohluka kakhulu kunalokho ayekucabanga ngenkathi ikhaya lakhe licekelwa phansi amaViking; URagna, indodakazi edlubulundayo yesikhulu sakwaNorman, uhamba nomyeni wakhe baye ezweni elisha ngaphesheya kolwandle lapho ethola khona ukuthi amasiko akhona ahluke ngokuyingozi; kanye no-Aldred, indela enombono ophusile, amaphupho okuguqula i-abbey yakhe ethobekile ibe isikhungo semfundo esihlonishwa kulo lonke elaseYurophu. Laba bobathathu bazozithola sebebhekene noMbhishobhi onesihluku uWynstan, ezimisele ukukhulisa amandla akhe noma kanjani.
Ingcweti yomsebenzi omkhulu nokulandisa okusolisayo kusidlulisela kusihlwa kwesikhathi esinodlame nesihluku nokuqala kwesikhathi esisha enganekwaneni enkulu futhi ethokozisayo yokuvelela nokubanga, ukuzalwa nokufa, uthando nenzondo.
Manje usungathenga inoveli ethi "The Darkness and the Dawn" kaKen Follett, lapha: