This novel of adventure spotlights a young woman's courage in taking her own destiny in hand.

February, 1886: Anna Darcy tries desperately to escape the African jungle. Wounded and betrayed, she sees her dream slipping from her grasp as fever overcomes her body. Little does she suspect that, in this tropical hell, dozens of eyes are watching her every move.
September, 1885: against all odds, a young, well-bred Victorian Englishwoman embarks on the Furious, bound for Gabon. Anna is determined to seek out her own destiny. Refusing an imposed marriage, she sets out for Africa in search of her late father and the legendary tribe that obsessed him.