Having been forced to leave her grandmother to die at the Mother Hills, Koba's family are discovered by a party of white hunters as they flee to safety.

A chase ensues and ends tragically as Koba has to watch her parents being humiliated and murdered.

Koba is taken on by Marta and her family and travels across southern Africa to their game park.

She quickly learns to adapt and survive and after saving her from being raped by Andre, she and Mannie begin to grow closer.

However, a dawn raid shatters the peace and it is left to Marta and Deon to find out where the children are being held and to do everything possible to fight the brutal Apartheid laws to secure their release. And even if they are eventually successful, will Koba remain with her new family or will she have to desert them and return to her tribal roots?