New Orleans, 1836. When free black musician and surgeon Benjamin January attends the funeral of a friend, an accident tips the dead man out of his coffin—only to reveal an unexpected inhabitant. Just one person recognizes the corpse of the white man: Hannibal Sefton, fiddle-player and one of January’s closest friends. But he seems unwilling to talk about his connection to the dead man …
Barbara Hambly is the New York Times bestselling author of many fantasy and science fiction titles, including shared-universe novels for Star Wars and Star Trek. She makes her home in Los Angeles.View all by Barbara Hambly