Three years of crime and dishonor befell medieval Italy at the end of the 9th century. After these years, the seemingly unshakable authority of the Roman Catholic Church fell into the abyss, holding a trial over the dead man and replacing six of its supreme hierarchs in three years. By the end of these years, through the efforts of greedy magnates, the fate of the entire Italian kingdom had descended into a thick and silted twilight of uncertainty. "Condemned to Darkness" is a sequel to the novel "Corpse Synod" and the second book in the historical "Kyrie Eleison" series, which tells about the shameful period of "pornocracy" in the history of the Roman Catholic Church.