title: The Golden Princess
author: Hira, Sunita
description: The glorious kingdom of Swarna Bhumi has fallen prey to the demonic forces of evil. In one dark night, a murderous rampage is carried out by the most ruthless of conspirators. Their thirst for blood is finally quenched with the senseless and horrific murders of the immensely loved king and queen. The existing peaceful order is toppled at one strike, to be replaced by an absolute rule. But there is a witness to this heinous crime. The symbolic statue of the ruling Goddess is watching. The evil that seeks to establish itself through fear has provoked the wrath of the Goddess. Forsaken, she stands alone in the aftermath of the bloodbath. Then, some years later, an incarnate princess is born to a small, peaceful kingdom at the foothills of the Himalayan range. Will Princess Ambika unravel the truth behind her birth? Why does she feel so different from the others? Do her mother, Uma, and her grandfather, Baba, know more than they have disclosed to her? The gypsy woman's strange words reverberate in her mind . . . Who is Mahadeva? Why does nature itself seem to take orders from him? Why does the most beautiful princess in the world find herself mesmerized by Mahadeva's intoxicating charm? It is the middle of the twentieth century, and a mantle of gloom has fallen over one of the most prosperous kingdoms in the foothills of the Himalayan range. The story unfolds with a horrific crime, bringing a sudden and devastating end to a powerful ruling dynasty. A few years later, an incarnate princess takes birth in a nearby princely state. What is the compelling mystery that links the two houses?