Young surgeon is sent to work in West Africa. His arrival coincides with the outbreak of civil war. Living with violence, he becomes violent.
“Harley” Davidson is sent to work for a non-government organization (ngo) in West Africa. In Liberia the rebels progressively take over the city, Harley has to abandon his hospital and continues to treat casualties in the ngo residence. Rebels enter and brutally slaughter his patients before his eyes.
He returns to Europe, suffers a frightening vision, a post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and is saved from suicide by an unknown black woman who stays with him until he recovers sufficiently to return to a now quieter Liberia.
While at work for one of the rival rebel factions he is kidnapped by well-wishers and, to save his life, is driven across the border into Sierra Leone. Rebels are also at work there, murdering, and amputating children’s hands to force the village men to work in the open pit diamond fields.