The drumbeats, carried on the soft wind of the night, are the hidden language of Africa. They talk of fate and fortune and a people's deepest secrets. And when the spirit is willing, they also speak of love . . .
It is the drums that spell the threat to rancher Pat Gifford's future.
Summoning the courage and stealth of the true hunter, he and his son Erin resolve to fight for the people and the land they love. In the turmoil which follows, new lives, new loves and new alliances are forged in the unforgiving heat of the Matabele grasslands.
Fellow rancher Fred Hanley lends his powerful support. And in Hanley's daughter Briar, Pat Gifford catches the fleeting shadow of a passion he thought he had lost.
