When the mutilated corpse of a young white woman is found in Cape Town's botanical gardens, seemingly the victim of a ritual sacrifice, troubled homicide detective Ali Neuman is called to the scene. He is chasing one false lead after another when a second corpse, again that of a white woman, is found. This time, the body bears signs of a Zulu ritual. A new evil has insinuated itself into this recently integrated city, and a new drug