This is a fictional account of a young Kenyan man who is the trusted home guard and bodyguard of a white farmer. The fight to free Kenya of thecolonialists rule is on, and the Mau Mau are the spearhead. The young man secretly joins the Mau Mau, but his loyalties are in conflict and each part of his life now involves betrayal of an other. The life story is one of survival, betrayal, anguish and vengeance.