Leon Courtney, ladies' man and former lieutenant in the King's African Rifles, becomes a professional big game hunter and high-profile safari guide in the years leading up to WWI. On the eve of war, Leon is recruited by his uncle, commander of the British forces in East Africa, asks him to spy on his newest client, Count Otto von Meerbach, a German industrialist with a secret agenda. Courtney also begins an affair with Otto's mistress, Eva, who has a secret life of her own. Will Courtney defeat Otto's dastardly scheme and rescue Eva?