Erykah, an African princess of the Irese Kingdom was kidnapped and presumed lost—until a hunter rescued her and carried her home. But his wife, Ashanti, saw in the little girl not a blessing but an opportunity. She wanted more than reward money—she wanted the throne.

Raising her own daughter, Shekinah, alongside the princess, Ashanti devised a daring scheme: present Shekinah as the lost heir of Irese. Fifteen years later, the two young women are nearly indistinguishable, and the kingdom is ready to welcome its “princess” home.

But Ashanti’s path to power is paved with blood. To secure the throne, she must silence her reluctant husband and destroy Erykah, the true heir. Yet fate has plans of its own. Secrets resurface, the past refuses to die, and destiny begins to unravel in ways no one expected.

A powerful blend of African story, African folktales, African young adult fiction, and Afrocentric fiction, this tale explores betrayal, destiny, and the courage to fight for truth in a kingdom where nothing is as it seems.