"Kubanjwa ubungani noma ubuhlobo uthando bekulokhu isenzo self-uthando futhi mkhuba silly ukuthi bangambulala umuzwa kithi ekuqaleni, sabe umuntu othandekayo." (Sand Zhorzh) Kuyinto omunye ethandwa kakhulu. Umbhali seziqalile ukusetshenziswa wakhe ngethi "Master Blade: Umgwaqo Kusukela". Bibliomaniac Ukugubha okwangempela eziyingqayizivele elandisayo, njengoba abayinakanga incazelo kulencane imininingwane: zokuphila kwansuku zonke, butholakala enqubweni eyinkimbinkimbi yokuthela izindawo ukuphila. Kodwa umbhalo hhayi ngokweqile. Futhi, kukhona ekumeni eziningana ngokwengqondo ezibonisa ukuphila kule noveli. Before Rapula, the rainmaker, could be buried in the ground to rest forever, a strange thing happened – something that would show the people of the Kgalagadi who the new rainmaker would be. The colours of the rainbow left the old rainmaker’s body and entered into a young girl named Mapula, who was Rapula’s great-grandchild. This was the most amazing thing anyone had ever seen, but everyone knew that it was the way that rainmakers passed on their power. It happened very seldom because rainmakers lived for many, many years.