As a Louisiana parole officer, Lia St. Charles is used to tough customers, but the man in front of her doesn't fit the description. Shane LaFitte had been a priest of vodun--a healer, not a killer--until he was put away for the brutal ritual murder of his beloved wife. Something about his case just doesn't make sense. And now a ruthless drug lord who controls the New Orleans street trade has opened a door to the Invisible World beyond, summoning monstrous forces for a dreadful day of reckoning. To work this terrible evil, he needs the sacrifice of an innocent, a very special child. Only Shane LaFitte has the power to stop his old enemy--but first he must convince Lia not to put him back in prison for trying...