The Man in the Golden Mask

There is a darkness falling over the crescent city during the most cheerful times of the year, and there is a mystery that begs to be solved. Charlotte Summers is forced to come home after the death of her biological parents. Having been raised by her grandmother, a voodoo priestess, she returns to say her goodbyes to her parents that she knew very little about, and support her grieving grandmother. Soon after returning, she loses her high school sweetheart to a weaseling cheerleader....
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There is a darkness falling over the crescent city during the most cheerful times of the year, and there is a mystery that begs to be solved. Charlotte Summers is forced to come home after the death of her biological parents. Having been raised by her grandmother, a voodoo priestess, she returns to say her goodbyes to her parents that she knew very little about, and support her grieving grandmother. Soon after returning, she loses her high school sweetheart to a weaseling cheerleader. But Tina, Charlotte's best friend, is there for her through it all. Things start to change New Orleans in a dark way after the arrival of a mysterious man, Cassius, whom bought the Nottoway Plantation shows up. Murders start to occur, dead bodies drained of blood, and shriveled up like mummies are floating in the Mississippi River and dumped in dark alleys. As Charlotte is drawn to the Mysterious new owner of the Nottoway Plantation, she is pulled into a world that is dark, dangerous, alluring... and turning the Mississippi River blood red. Are Charlotte and Tina safe from the horrors that surround them, or are they just the next victims to a creature of legend?