"Vibrant . . . haunting . . . evocatively written . . . Parry's knowledge of the era is nicely on display here." --<I>Kirkus Reviews</I> <P><LI>Far from the cries and smoke of combat, forty murdered slaves hang at a crossroads and only one man insists on justice <LI>Major Jones investigates a dark world of midnight savagery, ritual murder, and sudden combat, as desperate men and women struggle to survive the fury of a divided nation</LI>