Among the Okapi

When a young financially challenged lab demonstrator named Fred is approached by a mysterious professor Dr. Smith to help write up his notes from research he did on the okapi in the Congo Fred is delighted. Not only will it give him a chance to get to know the enigmatic prof the extra pay will also go a long way toward solving his financial woes.<br /><br />However Fred's situation soon becomes complicated. After making a number of regrettable decisions he embarks on a promising romance with Esther a student from his hometown. Meanwhile the more he gets to know Dr. Smith the deeper Fred Esther-and virtually everyone else in their orbit-are pulled into a dark secret from Dr. Smith's past. Soon the same mystery that ties them all together also threatens to tear their lives apart.