An idealistic young Englishman, Harry Summerfield,befriends an American oil explorer in Gibraltar in the1930s. Their meeting sparks a journey for both men whichwill take them across Morocco and northern Africa, toencounter the harsh realities of Berber opposition toFrench colonial rule and the passion of a love for thesame young French woman. Full of action, character andextraordinarily vivid local colour, this is a huge novel ofadventure and romance which keeps the readerguessing page after page.