In The Lost Tribe of Queen Vashti, 18-year-old Raina “Rain” Vashti plans to study Psychology in Manila to help her delusional mother, Luna, who suffers from trauma and facial burns after a mysterious explosion. Luna insists that Raina is a queen of the mythical Novo tribe from the hidden city of Malacaz, supposedly concealed behind Veering-Gan City in Samar, Philippines. Raina dismisses this as fantasy—until an attempt to sell a strange artifact leads to her accidental fall from a cliff… and into the past.
Raina wakes up 2000 years earlier in Malacaz, a city torn by tribal conflict and prophecy. Her arrival ignites chaos among the ten Datus, who believe her blood may revive the long-lost Novo tribe. She is marked for marriage, assassination, and revelation. As Raina journeys through a world of ancient customs, hidden powers, and forbidden love, she uncovers secrets linking her to tribal ancestors, love triangles, and a dark force inside her.
Caught between duty and identity, past and future, Raina must navigate love, loss, and legacy to finish what her mother started—or risk succumbing to the madness that haunts their bloodline.