A late-night phone call, a hazardous cross-country drive and former financial trader Ben Turner finds himself once again lured into a society he thought he had left behind. Some two years after his terrifying ordeal in New York he has made a successful life for himself. Suddenly his comfortable existence is disrupted. Tricked into a fresh encounter with the all commanding Crispin Collingwood, he has no option but to undertake a mission beset with difficulties. A journey to Africa brings danger to himself and his family as he confronts duplicity, greed and treachery. But is all what it seems and can he succeed when faced with ruthless opponents?