Steve Katz travels to South Africa where he was born. On arrival in Johannesburg he takes a train to Doonesfontein, hoping to meet the father he has not seen since he was 14 years old. On the slow train across the high veldt, Katz meets Dinewi, a vivacious African girl. Soon they are enjoying sex together. Dinewi is as amoral as Katz himself. In Doonesfontein Steve Katz learns that his father died a year earlier, apparently committing suicide in his own hotel. He seeks out Sol Isaacs, an old friend of his father's. Sol insists that David Katz did not commit suicide but was in fact murdered. Steve decides to investigate. He finds a wall of silence. The question is: will he find the truth before he is deported from the country? Or killed himself!It is a race against time, and time is short for Steve Katz to wreak vengeance on whoever killed his father.