In the ravaged nation of Chad, an uneasy peace has settled as the government grants amnesty to all war criminals. Sixteen-year-old Atim the orphan leaves his village, seeking a man he does not know for a dark, singular purpose: to avenge the death of his father. It is the dry season in Africa, and when he arrives in the town of N’djamena, thoughts of revenge are overtaken by the need to survive. Through a twist of fate, Atim finds an unlikely father figure in the man he has determined to kill. The tale explores issues of obsession and humanity while studying how two enemies must learn to live with each other. The New York Times calls Daratt an “unassumingly political work that unfolds with the simplicity of a parable and the gravity of a Bible story.”