The diary of Nomvula

Born a queen's daughter, condemned as a king's slave. She is the third triplet, the forgotten princess, the one they call the Shadow Child.

When Triple Princesses are born in the Zulu Kingdom, their arrival is shrouded in tragedy, claiming their mother, the beloved Queen. The grieving King, in his wrath, places a cruel curse upon the lastborn: while her sisters are raised in luxury, she is cast out, stripped of her name and title, and forced to serve as a slave in her own father's palace.