Between war and survival, danger follows every step.

Trafficked from conflict-torn Somalia into the shadows of Cape Town, seventeen-year-old Ahmed lives as an illegal pawn – trapped under a forged identity and a coerced marriage. But when he uncovers an illegal AK-47 pipeline hidden inside his spaza shop, Ahmed goes from quiet captive to lethal liability. The Captain wants silence. The syndicate wants obedience. The streets want blood. Surrounded by criminal warlords and rising xenophobia, Ahmed must outwit a network that thrives in plain sight – or risk being buried in the city he tried to make his home.