The colonial government has just arrested people it considers leading agitators for independence, an act that unleashes sudden and brutal changes resulting in dislocation of families of both the colonizers and the colonized. The exploitive minority government then declares war on its ethnic majority and the push-back brings about unintended consequences as individuals caught in the maelstrom strive to survive the upheaval. Much has been written about the Mau Mau uprising in Kenya during the latter half of the twentieth century but little is told of the individuals who lived through this...

Stephen Musyoki has hardly established his new career as a private investigator when a family friend asks him to look into the sudden and mysterious death of the former's son. He is determined not to disappoint his father's friend so he agrees to help but little does he know or anticipate the forces that are determined to keep the truth from ever reaching the light of day. Finding out what happened becomes suddenly perilous but to Stephen, it is simply a matter of keeping a promise and establishing his new business, regardless of the obstacles in his path. Another murder is in the air. Will...