This is the first of a series of novels, set in the Louisiana heartland, that gave birth to Burke's hero Dave Robicheaux. Toussaint Boudreaux, prize fighter, an... » 

This is the first of a series of novels, set in the Louisiana heartland, that gave birth to Burke's hero Dave Robicheaux. Toussaint Boudreaux, prize fighter, and Avery Broussard, wayward son of a plantation family, find themselves in the same chain gang, both looking for a way out. «