During a drug raid in Oslo, the police detaine five persons. One of them is a young man from Uganda.
At the same time, the Norwegian embassy in Kampala receives a package. The content documents that Otto Kamperud has been taken hostage by the ruthless guerrilla he for some time has been negotiating with.

This is the second book in the Elli-series.

"Ambitious crime with an international twist" Bokelskerinnen.no

"Knowledgeable about the fight for resources in Africa" DAGBLADET

Eystein Hanssen was nominated to the Norwegian Booksellers Award for the second time for this book.