It begins with the birth of an illegitimate child, Hassan, whose father is Canadian and mother Kenyan. One feels a child is a burden and the other yearns to have one, but never learns about him till later in the novel. Born into a world of poverty and crime, Hassan becomes a hardcore criminal at a young age. He lives a reckless life and is once gets into so much trouble that he flees abroad to his father. Despite having access to all the money he dreamed of, Hassan continues with crime in Mexico, the USA and Canada. He is often arrested for murder and drug dealing but never convicted thanks to his influence and wealth. He later gets himself killed by his own men due to power wrangles.