The situation on a British East African settler's farm gets extremely tense during an uprising by the Africans before the territory gained its independence from the British.

Story of a tense situation on a British East African settler's farm during an abortive uprising by the Africans, before that territory obtained its independence. The son of the settler, home from England, finds his father's racist ideas hard to take and tries to display a humane feeling toward the farm workers whom he considers his friends. But during a wild, stormy "night of the long knives," he is ruthlessly killed while on a mission of mercy for an African.