The Sultan family is stripped of their luxurious lifestyle when Iran's world-changing revolution envelopes them inside its bloody chaos. Betrayal forces Soraya Sultan into a life or death struggle, trying to salvage the family's future. When Khomeini's Islamic government leaves her with only two choices, both of which put her and her son in grave danger, she must make a choice.
Soraya, a beautiful but sheltered woman, struggles to find the wherewithal needed to survive. Does she really have a choice?
Set against the towering backdrop of the bloody 1979 Iranian Revolution – the fall of the Shah's Peacock Throne and the rise of Ayatollah Khomeini's theocracy – “Shattered Peacock” is an accurate story of the political upheaval and personal triumph.
