Sesivele sikujwayele ukukhishwa kwe-stellar thriller egcina isitholela ababalisi abasha besigebengu njengoba namuhla sekuyithuba lika-Amy Engel. Ngakho, i ubulili obumnyama kubonakala sengathi indawo yokudoba exhashazwe ngokweqile lapho kuvela khona izinhlobo ezingaphansi. Kusukela kumdlalo wasekhaya kuya kumnyakazo, umbhali ngamunye uyahlongoza futhi umfundi alahle.
Kulesi senzakalo U-Amy Engel usihola ezindaweni ezimnyama eziseduze kakhulu nomhlaba ongaphansi abahlale bebonakala bexhumana nalabo asebevele babavakashele ngezikhathi ezithile. Ngakho-ke sisondela ku-Eva, iqhawekazi elisha le-squalor elingathanda ukukwazi ukuqeda leso siphetho esingesihle esiphazamisa wonke amasu ukuze aguquke abe yinhlekelele.
Endaweni empofu yezintaba zase-Ozark eMissouri, edolobheni elincane elinezimfihlo ezinkulu, amantombazane amabili aneminyaka eyishumi nambili atholakala ebulewe. Njengoba engalahlekelwa lutho futhi ephukile ngenxa yobuhlungu, u-Eve Taggert uzama ukuthola ukuthi kwenzekeni ngempela endodakazini yakhe.
U-Eva uyalwazi uhlangothi olumnyama lwempilo. Unina wathwala kanzima ukumfundisa. Isifundo esinzima azame ngamandla ukusigwema kuJunie wakhe omncane. Kodwa, phezu kwawo wonke umuzwa wakhe wemvelo, u-Eva angase adinge ukucela unya umama wakhe awufake kuye ukuze abhekane neqiniso ngobugebengu… kanye nemvelo yakhe yangempela.
Indaba ebukhali nenamandla mayelana nezibopho zomndeni, mayelana nabesifazane abazabalaza ezimeni ezinzima, nokuthi ngisho nezindawo ezimnyama nezesabeka kakhulu zingakunikeza kanjani isiphephelo sasekhaya.
Manje usungathenga inoveli ethi "The Darkness You Know", ka-Amy Engel, lapha: