Uma usanda kubuyekeza i-ragdoll yenoveli (i-rag doll), nguDaniel Cole, manje sesithola enye inoveli engasileli emuva maqondana nobukhazikhazi bobugebengu nobubi bombulali ukwenza inkambiso yokufa, noma inkulumo yobuciko, noma esinye isizathu esingenakuchazeka ukuthi lixhumanisa ngqo nekhono lengqondo yomuntu lokuzinikela ebubini lapho linqotshwa yizilingo zakudala zikadeveli.
Endabeni yale ncwadi ethi Splinters in the Blood, uRuth Lake uhola uphenyo ukuze kutholakale umbulali obulalayo, uhlobo oluthile lomthungi wezingubo ophindisela izidumbu ezingaphili zezisulu zakhe emananini ayizinengiso abhalwe esikhunjeni sabo esifile njengamathambo noma imidwebo zenziwe ezingutsheni zangempela zesikhumba lapho umthungi wezingubo esebenza ngokunakekelwa kobuhlanya.
Uphelekezelwa kuphenyo lukaGreg Carver, ongumlingani ophelele wokuthola njalo ihlombe oncika kulo futhi ozobhoxa nobani mayelana ne-modus operandi kuze kube yilapho ukugembula kuba yintambo eqinile yokudonsa.
Kuze kube yilapho le ndaba embi ikhomba umunwe wayo onegazi kuCarver endala endala. Isisulu sakamuva sivela ngosuku olubi olubonakaliswa ngumkakhe, okuyisongo esiqondile nesinamandla enhliziyweni nasengqondweni yokhomishani.
NoCarver uyabhidlika. Uzizwa enqotshiwe, uqhutshwa yimikhuba emibi yokuzibulala, phakathi kwazo zonke izinto ezimbi lapho angakhohlwa khona isikhundla sakhe esisha njengopopayi ezandleni zombulali ononya.
Lapho uCarver efika ezinsizini zakhe, isibalo seLake sivele ngokungazelele, kube sengathi ubesibheke sonke lesi sikhathi. UCarver uvuka ekuqulekeni kwakhe ngesibhamu. Lake icacisa. Emizuzwaneni embalwa yokufakwa ngesihluku ezweni langempela, eliqhutshwa yisidingo sokusinda, uCarver uqala ukuthola iqiniso elibambekayo….
ULake unaye efulethini lakhe, bebabili nje. Lapho eseyilawule, iLake iqala ukwenza sengathi basendaweni yesehlakalo, isula izinkomba ezithile ...
Manje usungathenga inoveli Iziphululi egazini, Incwadi entsha ka-Ashley Dyer, lapha: