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South Africa, 1823. The Zulu Empire, headed by King Shaka, a brilliant but ruthless military strategist, begin to encroach on the British colony of Cape Town. A volunteer cadre of explorers, mercenaries and professional soldiers are sent to Zululand to try to make contact with Shaka and assess the real threat of his army.

A ferocious, calculating energy drives the rise of a warrior king who reshapes the African landscape through sheer tactical brilliance. British explorers find themselves caught in the crossfire of an expanding empire that refuses to bow to colonial whims.