In Africa, a continent ravaged by the AIDS epidemic, a beautiful young doctor, Thandi Khumalo, works to ease the suffering of those fighting this silent killer. Circing the carnage, ruthless pharmaceutical corporations compete for opportunities to win exclusive contracts and tap into huge donor funds. But far from the corridors of power, a doctor is murdered at a remote rural hospital in South Africa. Thandi finds herself involved in a web of intrigue as she attempts to discover who killed her colleague.