King James Laurie is the leader of the Whitestan. The territory he rules over is a small, landlocked Province in Southern East Africa, called Eastern Cape.

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In the Sub-republic of Eastern Cape, South Africa, all racial groups reciding here are not allowed to practice exogamy. If they deviates, they will be hanged as a dissenter or sent to prison and die of hunger. But John Raphisons, one of the few coloured men in the area finds love with the King's daughter and

is determined to find a way out.