


Frustrated, she and K’Marah, a protector in training, set off on a secret mission to find what’s killing the plants and how to stop it before the last herb dies out forever. When the heart-shaped herb that ignites the Black Panther’s powers begins rapidly dying, Shuri is appalled at her family’s surprising lack of urgency regarding the problem. Even with all of her achievements, though, her mother and T’Challa-her brother, king of Wakanda and the current Black Panther-still treat Shuri like a child who doesn’t truly understand the propriety required of her. At 13, Princess Shuri has already accomplished so much as a scientist that she’s on the path to becoming Wakanda’s minister of technology and advancement.
