The result of the epidemic of sightlessness is chaos and starvation, underpinned by a growing threat from the mysterious stinging triffids. 大范圍失明造成了隨處可見的混亂和饑荒，同時神秘的刺人三腳妖造成的威脅也更在不斷加劇。
Even more stinging criticism came from Ms Yade. 亞德女士甚至還發表了更激烈的批評言辭。