16-year-old Robert Okwor is an anglicized Igbo boy from Delta State. He lives with his widowed mother, disabled sister and ailing grandmother in the bustling city of Lagos State. The assassination of his father and hero- a journalist, still hangs like a dark cloud over his family. While his mother turns to religion in the hopes that she can dispel this cloud, Robert finds love in the most unlikely place and discovers a deep secret about his family.