Martine is looking forward to the holidays & riding Jemmy her white giraffe until an accident sends her & Ben on a journey to the Matobo Hills wilderness in Zimbabwe. It is a lawless land where nothing is as it seems. When they uncover a plot in which the fate of a magnificent leopard & the lost treasure of an African King are mysteriously linked their friendship faces its greatest test. Far from home & the help of Grace & Tendai & with Gwyn Thomas languishing under false accusations in jail Martine & Ben must use every survival skill they possess. They'll come face to face with Griffin Mercy Mr Ratcliffe (known as Rat) Magnus the hornbill & a witch doctor not to mention Khan the last leopard. They must decide who their friends are & who are enemies as they race against time to save the world's rarest leopard & each other. This third African adventure is written with all the zest & skill that have endeared so many readers to THE WHITE GIRAFFE & DOLPHIN SONG.