Poison and Wine

Danni Toussaint has a nail in her chest as a mark of her debt to The Baron Samedi - a debt she can only repay with the souls he forces her to steal. Michael Belew is desperate. Someone is kidnapping nuns in the Ninth Ward where he was raised an orphan, and he suspects a powerful enemy armed with voodoo magic. When Michael asks for Danni's help to find the kidnapper - or killer - they become pawns in a vicious game between The Baron Samedi and his brother, Lacroix. The prize? Control of the most powerful source of magic in New Orleans. Now, to protect the people of his city and save Danni from Samedi, Michael may have to sacrifice his soul.

Danni wanted to be free of The Ghede, not become one. Now, as a loa, she is sustained by the souls she controls -- the children she must protect. After leaving the priesthood, Michael searches for a new path deep in the Louisiana bayou under the guidance of an old hoodoo priest. Alone and struggling to strike a balance between the woman she was and the loa she is becoming, Danni finds herself face to face with an old evil working to destroy The Ghede from the inside, out. Starting with her. When Michael returns to New Orleans, he discovers zombies are rising from their graves, magic is running rampant in the streets, and protecting Danni means following her places he can't go. At least, not while he's alive.