Ukuvela kwamanoveli okutholakale ekubhalweni ngesandla kwalabo asebevele benyamalele UPhilip Kerr bahlala njalo benephuzu lokusola elingalindelekile umbhali waseScotland aligcina njalo.
Ngengxenye yayo yenganekwane yomlando ngezikhathi ezithile; ngemithamo yayo yobunhloli phakathi kobuNazi noma impi yamakhaza; kuze kube yilapho kusonteka kungalindelekile ngaso sonke isikhathi kulayishwa ngaleyo mpikiswano kuze kube sezingeni le-thriller elilungiselelwe ukushona kosuku.
Kulesi senzakalo, uKerr uhlangana kakhulu nombalisi esebenzisa izinganekwane zomlando ezikude kakhulu. Futhi kulelo zwe lisacwilisiwe emadolobheni amnyama nasekuziphatheni okuhle, lapho uKerr eshesha khona ukulingisa Ken Follett njengoba eziguqula njengo Umberto Echo, okusenza sinyakaze singaphezi ngaphambi kokutholwa nobungozi njengama-horizons abiwe we-protagonist osishayayo kusuka endaweni yokuqala.
Okumunca Thriller umlando kwezepolitiki, isayensi nenkolo eLondon ngasekupheleni kwekhulu leshumi nesikhombisa ngomunye wababhali abanohlonze kakhulu bohlobo olumnyama.
Ngo-1696, uChristopher Ellis, insizwa enamawala futhi ethanda amakhadi nabesifazane, uthunyelwa eMbhoshongweni waseLondon, kodwa hhayi njengesiboshwa. Ngenxa yesiphetho esingalindelekile, u-Ellis uba umsizi omusha kaSir Isaac Newton, usosayensi owaziwayo ophethe nokuzingela abenzi bomgunyathi abasongela ukwehlisa umnotho wamaNgisi.
Ngobuhlakani obusha bukaNewton nekhono lika-Ellis ngenkemba, abaseshi abayizicukuthwane balungiselela ukuxazulula leli cala. Kodwa-ke, lapho uphenyo lwabo lubaholela emyalezweni ongaqondakali onamakhophi ngesidumbu esasifihlwe eMbhoshongweni Wezingonyama, laba baphenyi bobabili bayabona ukuthi kunokuthile okubi kakhulu okwenziwa.
Manje usungathenga inoveli ethi "Dark Matter", ebhalwe nguPhilip Kerr, lapha: