Time is running out for the hunchback enchantress, Siango. The village on the floodplain is in conflict and the failing chief needs her dark craft. The crazed poacher, Ikului, hunts elephants for their wisdom sticks. He offloads his cache in Lusaka where he procures unique ingredients for Siango's muti. But he has more than ivory to trade. A vicious attack on a game ranger brings life-long friends back to Chistlehurst Manor, the hotbed of secrets and crushing betrayals. Flash Peterson worries about her brother, Derrick. The priest's son, has strayed from the righteous path. Caught up in a trans-national smuggling ring, Derrick crosses southern Africa on a soul-altering journey. His cousin, Honey Esack, is called upon to use her psychic ability in an attempt to locate him. From Cape Town, to the Victoria Falls, Lusaka and Western Zambia, disparate characters' fates are perilously entwined. In a storm, on a bridge spanning the mighty Zambezi, can the Sisters of Light once again conquer darkness? Can forgiveness be won in a pulse-racing faceoff with evil? Sarah Key enthralls again in this sequel to The Dandelion Clock, part II in the Sisters of Light saga, about the mysteries and magic of Africa.