Maisha's utopia is disrupted when she is confronted with a dystopian dimension's system. One that drains the blackness from a person for societal use. Leading her to make a decision: conform to or abolish the system for the advancement of her people.

A mixed race child grieves the recent loss of her father and, with the help of her gregarious imaginary friend, reclaims aspects of her cultural identity that had seemed to disappear with him.