Publisher's Synopsis
Set in Pakistan, London and Egypt, this epic drama of love and betrayal, centres around the life of Zarri Bano, a glamorous 28 year-old daughter of a wealthy Muslim landowner. She falls in love with Sikander, a business tycoon and plans to marry him. However, her father, Habbib Khan, takes an instant dislike to Sikander and vetoes the match. and, when Khan's son is killed in a riding accident, he decides to make Zarri his heiress resurrecting an ancient tradition that forces her into marriage to the holy Koran and become her clan's 'holy woman' - a nun. A spellbinding debut.
