Can your present survive an encounter with your past? Once again Garikai and Tsholo find themselves in the middle of a tough case. This one is on the Zimbabwean side of the border, where two VIP children are abducted and the criminals responsible demand for Garikai's participation in the negotiation process. Their pasts rear up and threaten to destroy their present. Political heavyweights also join the fray, muddying an already dirty game.