Ka kammala wannan magana: A shekara ta 1942, aikin Strangeways a yaudarar soja ya fara da gaske. An aiko shi daga Ofishin Yakin a London zuwa Alkahira, ya ba da rahoto ga Janar Sir Harold Alexander tare da shirye-shiryen yaudara da aka tsara don yaudarar ikon Axis game da lokaci da wurin da
Ƙungiyar Allied ta mamaye Arewacin Afirka. Yaudarar ta dogara ne akan shawo kan ikon Axis cewa ba a ƙaddara jiragen ruwa masu yawa zuwa Arewacin Afirka ba amma don sauƙaƙe Malta da aka kewaye. Don kawo yaudarar, marubucin litattafai da kuma jami'in yaudara Dennis Wheatley, wanda ke zaune a Sashin Kula da London, ya ba Strangeways wasiƙa zuwa wani masani a Alkahira da kwafin sabon littafinsa. An bar littafin da wasiƙar a ciki a wani otal a Alkahira don abokan gaba su same shi.