MARDI GRAS ... MAGIC ... MURDERIn 1947 New Orleans THREE KINGS DAY marks the start of the official Carnival Season. Carnival, coming from the Latin words, carne vale, meaning "farewell to the flesh."Nuestra Se?ora de la Santa Muerte, Our Lady of Holy Death, is stalking the French Quarter streets killing apparently at random. What does the psychotic actress, Irene Dupr?, know of this entity and what lies behind the murders? She remains silent, only smiling. Santa Muerte's strange acolyte lurks in the shadows watching, waiting. Waiting for what?Frank Capra is filming a historical fantasy in the city with Jimmy Stewart, Cesar Romero, and the enigmatic Irene Dupr?.Former O.S.S. operative, now the film's Prop Master, known only as Lucas, finds himself in the middle of the mystery with more questions than answers. His lost love back from the dead, Ingrid Durtz, and his best friend, Mitchell Mack, are at a loss on how to stay alive, much less catch a supernatural killer.Then, there is Lucas' former O.S.S. team member, Father Darael, whose gift of a Seraph Blade is literally a two-edged blessing. You see, Darael is a Seraphim Provocateur. And Lucas is unsure whose side he is really on, the Celestial or the Fallen?Beware Mardi Gras: not every eye on you is a friendly ... or a living one.
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