In 1836, the young and visionary botanist Wulff is sent to Africa by the King of Denmark to establish coffee plantations. Behind him awaits the love of his life. Ahead an adventure into unknown territory that will change his young life forever. The slave trade no longer takes place at the Danish trading posts on the Gold Coast. But soon the locals ravage the plantations he sows, and Wulff starts to unravel a conspiracy that penetrates the very heart of the governorate.