In this novel, Asare explores the idea of regret. Okello, the main character in the novel, is brought up at great sacrifice and deprivation by a poor young family at Arusha whose cherished ambition is to secure a happier life for their son after giving him sound education and wide employment potentials, but alas, Okello is stubborn to good advice and falls prey to bad company, indolence and criminal pursuits. Follow Okello on his journey to find social morality.