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Sandy Mackelson is ill-prepared for the plethora of challenges in the Warm Heart of Africa. He is soon exposed to the regime’s blatant deceit and corruption. While Mackelson is preoccupied with the minutia of arrangements for the Queen’s Birthday party and dealing with the embarrassment of an English national accused of abusing his pupil, President Chilembe is focused on bigger issues. He is determined to secure a third term of office by fair means or foul. While his country faces serious food shortage, murderous tribal conflict and a devastating outbreak of meningitis in the north, the President and his cohorts conspire to fleece the nation. Initial international reaction to these crises is muted and fails to stop the rot – until Beauty Musajakawa, a gritty young aid official, and Sam Phiri, rising star of the President’s otherwise hopeless administration, combine to orchestrate events for the greater good.