This story takes the reader into pre-colonial Ibo land located in present day South East Nigeria, West Africa. Here, fiction and historical events that transpired in a totally different setting and non-African race, is seamlessly interwoven into the culture of the Igbos. The story revolves around the character, Nganaba Orimili who is the link between ten generations of the family of royal flutists in a community that awaits the return of their leader. A story of enduring hope.