Set in South Pakistan this controversial novel is a searing study of evil. It is the tragic and shocking story of the beautiful Heer brutalized and corrupted by Pir Sain the so-called man of God whom she is married to at the age of fifteen. Blasphyemy is serious comment on the challenge faced by Muslim societies. It is a commentary not on Islam but on the struggle of a Muslim woman against all that is contrary to what Islam stands for. Its is a combination of fact & fiction.