Root Work

There is someone taking the remains of children out of St. Louis cemetery, and Pascal “Pax” Moreau is dragged into finding out why. Pax is an aspiring hoodoo Doctor who’s got tricks up his sleeve and a mojo in his pocket. Being the mixed-race child from a left handed marriage left him between two worlds, both filled with magic. French witchcraft and creole root work are common in his city. When it appears old French magic and a special codex are behind the body snatching, Pax becomes more invested in his task of finding the culprit. If only to gain some knowledge and power of his own. Too bad that means he has to work with the De Lancre’s, an old French family who has plenty of spell books but no magical talent. Well maybe there is some hope for Jean De Lancre, a young man who catches Pax’s eye. The two work together to retrieve the codex, and learn more about each other, and the worlds they occupy. Both find themselves on the outskirts of society, unable to fit into the neat little boundaries that 19th century society has constructed. But then New Orleans has always been a magical city full of peculiar people, and they tend to find each other. LGBTQ Book Length 43,000 words