The Illusion of Truth

Delphine LaLaurie was legendary for the atrocities she committed in the attic of her house in the New Orleans French Quarter. How does it relate to the disappearance of homeless people in the modern day Ninth Ward? Father Stearns returns, working with a young man, Dion, to improve the Ninth Ward. When Dion discovers homeless people are going missing, and the police aren't much help, he takes it up on himself to discover what is really going on. While Dion works through his desire to help his mom and neighbors, other mysteries arise. Who are the secret group of occultist's, and what does a congressman want with them? How does this tie into the disappearances, and what else is going on in the hidden underworld of New Orleans? A supernatural thriller, set in the Ninth Ward and French Quarter of New Orleans.