She shone like a jewel in glittering New Orleans: Marie Laveau, pagan priestess, Queen of the Voodoos. As a child she frightened her mother, the first Queen Marie, with powers of magic and clairvoyance. In proud womanhood, she sought from life what others dared only in dreams. Bound heart and soul to that fabulous city in the South, her tempestuous life took her into the finest salons and the confidence of powerful men. A daughter of darkness, she made power and riches her destiny ... took merciless revenge on her enemies, then destroyed with her powers the one man who could bring her happiness.