Nicol is praised for his ability to evoke the atmosphere of Cape Town, weaving in local customs, speech, and the looming presence of Table Mountain.

The narrative contains deliberate echoes of Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus , reflecting the savage and "blood-soaked" nature of the gang conflicts.

Simultaneously, Titus Anders—a powerful Cape gang lord known as one of the "Untouchables"—hires Krista to protect his vulnerable daughter as a vicious gang war ignites over the Chinese takeover.