A dangerous charade...In 1813, with America embroiled in a war with England, the search to recover a precious jewel and save her family's Virginia plantation sends Raven De Lys to New Orleans, where the Creole code of honor is threatened by an emerging American way of life and cannons of war reverberate throughout the countryside. The path to the jewel leads Raven on a dangerous game of cat and mouse through the marshes of Barataria, hiding place...