In the days before the Civil War, there lived in New Orleans the gens de couleur libre - copper-skinned half-castes, liberated by their owners, but confined...
This four-century long story begins when beautiful and accomplished Rowan Mayfair pulls the drowned body of Michael Curry from the sea and brings him back to life. She is aware that she possesses special powers...
You know how stuffy those English men's clubs are: right sort of chap, and all that rot. Now imagine that the very worst sort of interloper forced his way into the exclusive club...
