Kuqala ngokungabikho nesifiso. Kuqala ngegazi nokwesaba. Kuqala ngokutholwa kwabathakathi…

Uma ungumlandeli kaDeborah Harkness's Yonke imiphefumulo Trilogy khona-ke uyawazi kahle lawo mazwi. Uma kungenjalo, ungazifunda kumakhredithi okuvula azo zonke iziqephu eziyisishiyagalombili ze- Ukutholwa Kwabathakathi.

Uchungechunge lweSky UK, olususelwe encwadini yokuqala kuHarkness's trilogy, eyakhonjiswa ngonyaka odlule eBrithani luzoqala ukubonakala kuleli sonto kuzo zombili iSundance Now neShudder.

Beka emhlabeni lapho abantu ngokungazi bahlala eceleni kwezimvubu, abathakathi, namademoni, Ukutholwa Kwabathakathi utshela indaba ka-Diana Bishop (Teresa Palmer), umthakathi ongathandisisi futhi oyisazi-mlando, onikele impilo yakhe ekufundeni umlando wesayensi. Lapho ebiza ngokungazi incwadi emtapweni wolwazi wase-Oxford iBodleian Library izidalwa eseziyifunile amakhulu eminyaka, uzithola ehlezi emgodini oyimpuphu okuqhuma kwawo kungazamazamisa umhlaba wonke.

Faka uMatthew Clairmont (Matthew Goode), oneminyaka engu-1500 vampire onentshisekelo kwezofuzo nakwezamakhemikhali aqala ukugcina amathebhu kuDiana, ekude ekuqaleni. Laba bobabili maduzane bathola izimpilo zabo ziboshwe ngokungenakuhlukaniswa ngokuchasana neBandla, indikimba ebusayo yezidalwa, kanye neSivumelwano, okuyindlela yokuziphatha eqinile evimbela ubudlelwano phakathi kwalezi zinhlobo.

Okube yinto ethakazelisa kakhulu selokhu kwakhishwa inoveli yokuqala ngo-2011 ukuthi umhlaba ubonakala ungokoqobo kangakanani, futhi lokho kuhumusha kahle kulokho okubukwayo, ikakhulu ngenxa yamasethi kamakhi womkhiqizi uJames North.

Umhlaba wabo ngumhlaba wethu, futhi izingqinamba zabo zibonisa ezethu.

Kunobukhosi obumisiwe endaweni yezidalwa enama-vampire nabathakathi abalwela indawo ephezulu ngenkathi ama-daemon, ane-chromosome eyodwa kuphela eyengeziwe ebahlukanisa nabantu, bamane balwela ukugcina indawo yabo etafuleni.

Emakhulwini eminyaka adlule, lo mzabalazo wamandla wabe ususungula ubandlululo nokubandlulula okugxilile phakathi kwezinhlanga.

Ama-vampires acishe angabhubhi afisa futhi esaba amandla omthakathi. Abathakathi babheka ama-vampire kanye nesimo sabo esidlayo njengokungcono kunezilwane. Bobabili babheka amademoni, ubuciko bawo obungaphelela ezinxushunxushwini nasezimeni, njengokuthi “ngaphansi kuka”, isimo sengqondo, okufanele, singagcini inzondo evela emadimonini iye kwamanye amabili.

Lesi yisibuko esiqotho ngokwedlulele esisibhekise ezweni esiphila kulo, nokuthi sivame kangakanani ukuwela ebugqilini obukhulu obudlalwa ochungechungeni lwezidalwa ezingaphezu kwamandla emvelo.

Njengoba ngishilo ngaphambili, imiklamo esethiwe kaJames North ihlelwe ngokungenasici. Indawo ngayinye, kusukela ekhaya kokhokho bakaMathewu i-Sept-Tours kuya ekhaya lapho uDiana, naye ngokwakhe, akhulela khona, kubhalwe ngokumangalisayo futhi kunikeza i-aura yobudala nomlando.

Ngokwengxenye yabo, uPalmer noGoode bahlanganisa abalingiswa babo kahle.

UDiana kaPalmer uhlakaniphile futhi muhle njengoba enenkani. Akalokothi abe yisisulu sentombazane esekuhluphekeni esikubonile ezindabeni eziningi ezifana nalena. Ucasulwa ukubophezeleka kwesiprofetho seminyaka eyikhulu ukugcina ubunikazi bakhe, evulela uMathewu kancane ngendlela ekhuluma ngokulangazelela kwemvelo kwesazi-mlando.

UGoode yena uhlanganisa uMatthew sengathi uzalwe ezodlala le ndima. Usuka ngaphandle komthungo esuka kusosayensi aye embongi aye kumzingeli aye empini futhi abuye futhi, yize lokho okokugcina kubonakala ngathi akulula kangako kumlingisi.

Abalingisi abasekelayo be- Ukutholwa Kwabathakathi igcwele amagama aqaphelekayo anikeza ukusebenza kwezinkanyezi. Kubuye kuhluke kakhulu ngokobuhlanga kunalokho esivame ukukubona emibonisweni enjengale.

Asikho isikhathi noma isikhala esanele lapha sokubhala ngakho konke okwenzekile ochungechungeni, kepha kufanele kuqhakanjiswe okumbalwa.

ULindsay Duncan usesikhundleni sakhe sasebukhosini njengomama we-vampiric ophethwe uMatthew ngokuphelele, uYsabeau de Clermont. Akungabazeki ukuthi ukunyakaza ngakunye akwenzayo kukhethwe ngokucophelela njengekhabethe lakhe elimsulwa, nokuthi angaba umzingeli obulalayo umzuzwana owodwa kanye nokuziphatha okuhle komphakathi futhi amukele okulandelayo. Kuyisifundo emandleni agodliwe lapho abadlali abaningi bengenza kahle ukusifunda.

U-Alex Kingston uphikisana ngqo njengobabekazi kaDiana uSarah Bishop. Enesibindi ngentukuthelo emfushane ngokweqile, uSarah nomlingani wakhe u-Emily Mather, badlala ngozwelo lokutholisa uValarie Pettiford onethalente elifanayo, bakhulisa uDiana ngemuva kokubulawa kwabazali bakhe esemncane.

Ubudlelwano babo bukholwe ngokuphelele futhi bulinganiselwe ngokuphelele, futhi abalingisi nababhali kufanele bobabili banconywe ngokukhonjiswa okuthembekile kombhangqwana ongajwayelekile wobungqingili.

UTanya Moodie, ngezindlela eziningi, ungumama wombukiso njengo-Agatha Wilson. I-daemon enesitayela futhi eyilungu leBandla, uWilson ungumama ovikela kakhulu onomqondo wobulungiswa bezenhlalo nokuqonda okungaphakathi kokuthi yini okusengcupheni yengane yakhe kanye nalo lonke uhlobo lwayo.

U-Owen Teale noTrevor Eve bancintisana no-sinister gusto endaweni ephezulu njengoba uchungechunge 'olubi lwe-Peter Knox no-Gerbert D'Aurillac, umthakathi no-vampire, ngokulandelana, no-Elarica Johnson sizzles njengoJuliette Durand obabulala kakhulu, okuyindima inwetshiwe impela kusuka kusigcawu sayo esisodwa noma ezimbili kokuqukethwe komthombo.

Njengombuyekezi nomfundi okhuthele, ngihlala ngikhangwa yinqubo yokuzivumelanisa nezimo, futhi umbhali wochungechunge uKate Brooke wenza izinqumo ezithokozisayo nezesibindi kuzo zonke iziqephu eziyisishiyagalombili zochungechunge ezikhulisa abalingiswa nezigcawu ngenkathi esika ezinye iziqinti zokugcina isenzo sendaba Ukuhamba ngenkathi uhlala uthembekile kunoveli kaHarkness.

Labo abayifundile le ncwadi bayazi ukuthi itshelwa cishe ngokuphelele ngokombono kaDiana, futhi ngenkathi siqinisekile ukuthi kukhona uzungu olwenzekayo eduze kwakhe, sivame ukusala sizibuza ukuthi ngubani ngempela osusa izingcezu.

Akunjalo, ochungechungeni, njengoba uBrooke esisa kaningi emahholo aleli Bandla ukusenza sazi ngezepolitiki, imidlalo yamandla, nokulwa kwaleyondikimba ebusayo, nokuthi ukunyakaza kwabo kudilika kanjani ngokuba khona kwezidalwa ze Umhlaba.

Iseluleko sami kulabo abangabalandeli abashisekayo bamanoveli ukuthi ungabamba iqhaza kubalingiswa nasendabeni bese uvumela uBrooke, kanye nabaqondisi bezochungechunge uSara Walker, u-Alice Troughton, noJuan Carlos Medina, ukukuqondisa kule ndaba oyijwayele, noma indlela ingahluka kunalokho oyikhumbulayo.

Zonke iziqephu eziyisishiyagalombili zochungechunge zizotholakala ngoJanuwari 17, 2019 kuzo zombili iSundance Manje naseShudder, futhi angikwazi ukuncoma ngokwanele ukuthi uzwe ungekho nesifiso, igazi nokwesaba, kanye nokuxoxa izindaba ngobuciko, okonakele Ukutholwa Kwabathakathi.