Imka the vulture cannot find food in the forest; neither can he see any other vulture. He sets out for the city where he finds so many vultures. There is food in the city when Imka arrives. But there is also death. Sakko, Imka’s friend, falls into a trap and dies of hunger and misery in the grind of desolation. Later, food also forsakes the city, and Imka together with two other vultures, set out for Parsee country where they hope to find food only to be overtaken by blight and ruination on the way.

Talgon a small-time contractor in the West African nation called Bivan’s house sets out to be honest in his dealings, but finds himself alone in a sizzling corruption that smears the virtuous as much as the crook. In Bivan’s house, the vulture by his opportunism is feasting on the ruins of his preys without pity; the tortoise by his cunning is running faster than the antelope to collect, without remorse, prizes he has not won, and the rat by his thievery is filling his barns with the harvest of the rabbit without regret. Flames of violence, fraud and scams blaze a trail that leaves Talgon wondering how it all began and where it will leave the West African nation called Bivan’s house.