"Mystic Pig, is as wild, dangerous and spicy as the city it celebrates." -- Valerie Martin

An all-consuming secret.

A love born in passion - but cemented in murder.

Two lives orbiting a fading star.

In the kaleidoscopic melting-pot of New Orleans' French Quarter, Nat runs his restaurant, loves his family, struggles with his lost childhood and carries a secret that threatens to overwhelm him.

Whip-smart Willie, skidding through adolescence with a little skill and a lot of luck, comes upon an unexpected truth in an old poet's epic poem...