House without windows

For years, Zeba has been a loving wife and patient mother, humble in the face of life's challenges. Her quiet and seemingly peaceful life is shattered, however, when her husband Kamal is killed and she is found standing over his corpse with bloodied hands. Her children are ready to swear that their mother would never commit such an act, but Kamal's relatives crave revenge. Narrowly escaping a violent death at the hands of the unruly mob, Zeba is arrested.

While awaiting the only possible sentence—death—she finds herself among a group of women who, without exception, have had the misfortune of simply being women in a country where traditions are everything. They don’t know whether Zeba is truly a cold-blooded murderer, or whether she, too, has simply broken one of the countless rules in this cruel, male-dominated world. Or could Zeba be a sorceress who wields jadu, the mythical power to make the impossible happen? Her mother was exactly that, and perhaps her powers have been passed down to her as well...

Only magic can save Zeba from a death sentence. And it will take much more than magic to soothe the sorrows in the souls of these women who have already been condemned. But there is hope. Even there, in the house without windows...