In a volatile African country American journalist Ben Chase joins the unusual expedition of David Mather, a relief worker who believes that a mysterious group of nomads--the Maji--are the descendants of the Lost Tribes of Israel. Together with a handful of others, Mather and Chase travel through a war-torn region to find the Maji. But when the search for the veiled tribe draws the group into the hostile Northern District, Chase must balance Mather's apocalyptic vision with his own changing perception of this dangerous landscape.