On a dark night in Lusaka, Zambia, an adolescent girl is raped. Her identity is a mystery.
Zoe Fleming is an American lawyer visiting Zambia, with a special interest in human rights. She teams up with Joseph Kabuta, a Zambian police officer, to investigate the assault. Piecing together evidence from the scene, Zoe and Joseph learn that the girl's assailant is someone entirely unexpected.
Together with local NGOs, they all work towards finding justice. But, faced with corruption and opposition on all sides, they must fight together to stand a chance.