In the early 1800's, East Africa was the dark continent, an untamed wilderness inhabited by carnivores; Masai, Kikuyu, and Suk warriors; and Arab and English settlers lured to Africa by the hope of making money by hook or by crook. In this environment, Minnie Baume is brought as an infant from Constantinople to Zanzibar to start a new life where she becomes enchanted with wild animals. However, back in Constantinople, her life will change when she is given a silver box with the power to heal the sick and wounded. Fascinated by the box, her research into its origins takes her on a series of fantastic adventures across two continents and into the arms of a handsome Masai named Kiliman, an encounter that changes the threads of her tapestry forever.
