The winds of change are blowing through Africa, and like clouds, lives are being fragmented, altered, or blotted out in an instant. In the turbulent Southern African political era of the 1970s, Andrew Mason, an ambitious young financial executive is drawn into the Rhodesian bush war through a bizarre and tragic succession of events. As a decorated and respected combatant with the elite Rhodesian Special Air Service,s he falls in love with Alyson Carstens, the spoiled and protected daughter of wealthy parents. On their wedding night, a devastating incident has a dramatic impact on their relationship, but an underlying secret liaison emerges with far-reaching and catastrophic consequences.