Kumashumi eminyaka wokubhala umsebenzi wokubhala, uStephen ukumkani wadalwa yimisebenzi emininzi enokutshintshana. Nangona kunjalo, akazange afune ukubhala ngokuthe ngqo rhoqo kwemisebenzi ezalisiweyo. Kodwa iwebhusayithi intatheli iVulcan inika ingxelo yokuba okwangoku umbhali asebenza ngokuqhubeka kwenoveli ", eza kuphuma ngoSeptemba 1986. Indawo engakhange ichazwe ngaphambili iqinisekisile ulwazi lwangaphakathi kwaye ayichazi umthombo wolwazi lwayo, ngoko ke ukuchaneka kweendaba akukaziwa. Iingxelo zeendaba:
Ndifundile ukuba uKumkani uSephen usebenza ngokuqhubeka kwenoveli yakhe ". Ngokuqhubeka kolu qhube kukwaziwa. Inyathelo liya kwenzeka kwiLizwe elinye nezinye iincwadi zikaStephen. Ingqwalaselo ekhethekileyo kwinoveli iya kuhlawulwa kwiziyobisi, eyenza ingqondo, inikwe ifilimu-sikve "ijolise ikakhulu kwiziyobisi.
Kuyaziwa ukuba ezi filimu zimbini "" ziye zaphumelela zombini ezezimali kwaye kuvandlakanyo lwabagxeki. Ukuba ulwazi lwe-Istaider luyinyani, inokuthathwa ukuba i-studio ye-studio bros. Ufuna ukukhupha ifilimu yesithathu ngokukhusela inkosi entsha yamaRoma. Ke ngoko, kubalulekile ukuba ulandele, ukuba iindaba aziyi kuvela njani malunga nokuba umbhali usebenza ngoku.