Anna and Bartolome deMelilla manage Cathay Steamboats and are on the forefront of the industrial revolution. In 1825 their steamboats ply the vast Mississippi River Valley and they have begun to invest in a new form of land transportation - railroads - when they are attacked by ruthless men determined to take everything they have accomplished. Vengeful Voodoo spirits recruit the famous priestess, Madam Barbeaux, to intervene, manipulating events to serve their own ends, placing Anna and Bartolome in even greater danger. Bartolome is pursued through the wilderness, isolated from his family and...