Justin Tolliver is on the brink of an enormous change. The younger son of an English peer--that is, the son with no money and no prospects--he had joined the police force in British East Africa, full of dreams of bringing His Majesty's justice to a dark and savage world. But it's 1913, and with his faith in the British government in tatters, Justin is opting instead for life as an African farmer and a newly minted family-man. It is his wife, Vera,...