Melmoth Stories

Walks she wailing

​"He had billions. She had a story. Both were about to break." ​Zenzile is a girl of the soil, a brilliant poet trapped in the dust of a Durban township. With no money for university and a "father" who treats her like a paycheck, her only escape is the rhythmic Zulu verses she scribbles on cement bags. ​Thamsanqa Mbhele is the "Lion of the City"-a self-made tech billionaire with a heart of granite and a life built on logic. He has everything money can buy, but he's forgotten the sound of his own soul. ​When a shattered champagne glass at the Oyster Box brings their two worlds crashing together, a cold business contract is born. Thamsanqa needs a "human face" for his foundation; Zenzile needs a way out. But as they journey from the glass skyscrapers of Umhlanga to the ancestral hills of Melmoth, they discover that Zenzile's past is hidden in a rusted tin-and she isn't just a poet. She is a legacy. ​In a world of corporate greed, family secrets, and a jealous ex-fiancée determined to see them fail, can the Billionaire learn to be soft, and can the Poet find the strength to claim her crown?