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After the death of her free-spirited mother, sixteen-year-old Alexandra Lee is forced to move from Northern California to Savannah, Georgia, to live with her wealthy grandmother, who expects Alex to join a long-standing debutante society, which, Alex learns, has made a pact with a legendary Hoodoo family.

Explores the mysteries related to Voodoo, including its origin, rituals, and practice.

Experts, scholars and enthusiasts present arguments for and against voodoo's existence.

Forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan investigates the murders of a teenage boy and girl in Charlotte, North Carolina, uncovering a web of dishonest politics, religious persecution, and voodoo.

The very real origins of zombies and the very unreal legends that have developed since are explored in this exciting volume.

Angry after his teacher gives him a failing grade on his final exam, Tyler uses the voodoo doll given to him by his friend, Adam, and is shocked to discover the doll's power, but does not realize that Adam has another doll made in Tyler's image and things escalate when Tyler's car is stolen--with the doll inside.

Sports reporter Paul Faustino reluctantly investigates the disappearance of a young soccer star from San Juan who has not been seen since he missed a winning penalty kick during a big game, and unknowingly the journalist becomes entangled in a world of slavery and the occult.

Told in separate voices, Alex, Haynes, and other members of Savannah's Magnolia League seek aid for their own family members from the legendary Hoodoo family, the Buzzards, in violation of an old pact, unaware that a Shadow Man is using one of them to return from the dead.

Contains an introduction to the practice of voodoo, including information on its history, origins, variations, healing and restorative powers, as well as descriptions of its negative uses such as black magic.

New Orleans college student Leslie Beaudet, tormented by family problems and a violent incident from the past, snaps when she learns her boyfriend is cheating on her with a waitress, and turns to the practice of voodoo to help rid herself of her problems.

The author provides an account of her experiences as an initiate of voodoo in Haiti and Jamaica during the 1930s.

Tells the story of the mysterious lives of the two Marie Laveaus, free women of color during early nineteenth century New Orleans.

Four corpses are found in four days, each more hideously disfigured than the last.

While awaiting DNA test results that could determine the identity of her biological father, high-school senior Kendall Moorehead and her friends use their psychic abilities against an evil, Civil War-era doll said to have been made by a voodoo priestess.

Bonaventure Arrow, who was born with exceptional hearing but doesn't speak, with the help of his Creole housekeeper is able to help his mother, Dancy, who is haunted by the death of her husband, his Grand-mere Letice, plagued by grief and a buried secret, and his father, William, whose spirit is trying to fix the past.