Jo, a witty 9-year old terminally ill girl is taken back to her rural village to live out the rest of her short life. Her only comfort during these dull times are her dreams of being a superhero, which prove to be something her rebellious teenage sister Mwix, overprotective mother Kathryn and the entire village of Maweni think they can fulfill.

Lusala, adopted by an affluent Nairobi family a decade ago is imposed on to leave home and start on his own. Eager and willing at first, he makes the most of his life, until the demons from his past return, and he faces them on his own.

A meticulous clerk for a bookstore that has just been shuttered suddenly finds herself taking care of her cousin's witty 11-year-old daughter.

When Enkai, the curious daughter of a powerful creator figure, ventures prematurely to Earth, she witnesses the exploitation of a sacred mountain in Kirinyaga by a Euro-Kenyan corporation. As resistance brews among marginalized communities, Shiro intervenes to protect her daughter; while silently battling a deep internal fracture of her own.