Olivia promises to fulfill her dying husband's wish-to scatter his ashes around the world. Wading through grief and depression, she journeys to a remote orphanage in Uganda. Living amongst the children in their threadbare surroundings, Olivia develops a passion for humanitarian work as she tries to help stem the overwhelming presence of disease and poverty. She vows to fight for the children's lives and she begins to fight for her own. Just as time begins to heal the wounds of Olivia's fragile heart, her world is shattered when she is involved in a violent encounter with an armed militia group in the picturesque mountains of Uganda. Olivia flees to the safety of Rwanda, where she learns the truth of her husband's unimaginable betrayal. As Olivia hovers on the brink of an emotional collapse, her broken soul is reawakened with a passionate new love-but her life is about to take another dramatic turn as she struggles to survive in a region left torn apart by civil war. It will take every ounce of Olivia's courage to hang on to those she loves the most but it may come at a great cost to all of them.