This is the story of how two tennagers - with the helps of a few crocodiles triumph over the politics of the African wild. Two idealistic American boys, on a gap year trip to South Africa, are left late at night, alone, deep in the bush, and surrounded by the incessant noises of the wilderness. They have no idea what they need to do to get through this terrible ordeal. The boys had been organizing a demonstration to free crocodiles from the captivity of being raised on a farm. But the demonstration was illegal and a judge sentenced them to spend two weeks in the bush to experience life as both prey and predator, just as the freed crocodiles would have to do. Their predicament draws the attention of Credit, the dominant crocodile of the farms bask. Years before, he had been secretly adopted by a son of the farms owners. Before he outgrew his under-the-bed nest, he came to understand English from conversations his master directed at him. Credit and his friends decide to protect the boys while they are among Africas most fearsome wildlife. The crocodiles want the boys to carry a message back to the United States that concern for human and animal populations living together in Africa is primarily an African responsibility. While in the wild together, the boys and the crocodiles form a surprising bond that promises to change how Westerners deal with African wildlife far into the future.