She isn't thrilled to follow her mother into the Congo to the bonobo sanctuary, but when the sanctuary is attacked she and the bonobos must depend on one another to survive.

Maya is obsessed with her tutor, Jefferson Andrews...until he ends up dead. She runs away and leaves her sister, Abby, following the trail of clues. Each piece of evidence points to Maya, but it also appears that Jefferson had secrets of his own. And enemies. Like his brother, who Abby becomes involved with...until he falls under suspicion.