[A missing girl] was last seen in New Orleans. Her father, a rich, powerful arms dealer, believes she was abducted. Claire Morgan, recent former cop turned private investigator, and her new partner begin their search at the girl's school, where a violent junkie attacks Claire with scissors, raves of 'demons and devils,' and then takes her own life. Sinister clues lead Claire on a twisted trail through the bars and bayous of New Orleans to a bloodstained altar in Paris. Vast, secret, and powerful, it is a world that few enter or escape. And Claire is going in--the devil be damned..." --Back cover.