Roy Baxter is concerned for his daughter Christina's safety. She's working as a doctor among the Masai in Kenya. Poaching gangs are slaughtering protected species, then raiding Masai villages and forcing them to help carry their ill-gotten gains across the border. Roy flies to Kenya to convince her to leave and becomes a suspect for murder when the village is raided and he tries to help a UN doctor shot by the raiders. The only witness is a young Masai boy, who is reluctant to come forward because of possible retribution against his tribe.

Christina travaille comme médecin au Kenya. Très inquiet, son père Roy Baxter, décide de la rejoindre pour la convaincre de rentrer avec lui mais se retrouve piégé à cause des perturbations qui ont lieu aux villages des Maasaï. Roy est accusé de meurtre et le seul témoin qui peut le sauver ne veut pas se manifester par peur de sa tribu...