"Les Ton Tons?""That used to be the name for the secret police. Taken from Voodoo Folklore; in mythology it was amischievous spirit that ate flesh." the nurse added authoritvely.A delayed flight. Two passengers with a dark secret. An emigree from an island mired inpoverty and superstition; combined with a disfunctional crew, struggling with problems oftheir own. A Voodoo curse and the promise of fantastic wealth. These are but parts of thebackstory of death and intrigue at thirty thousand feet torn from today's headlines.Desiree was emigrating to New York to begin a new life in the bosom of her extended family. The onlysurviving member, she was overjoyed to be leaving the haunting island of her birth; where she had knownonly hardship and misery. But, would it let her go?The famous Archeologist and his wife were ending their celebrated trip where they were the guests of arival faction of the ruling party. Men who had a dangerous agenda. Who had embarked upon a bold planwhich if successful, would make them and their associates fantastically wealthy. But, what of the curse?An overbearing captain and a crew drilled to excess. Each too wraped-up in their own dramas to takeresponsibility in the face of a crisis. Too afraid of losing choice positions to operate outside guidelines.Unbeknownst to anyone, was a stowaway of supernatural design. A 'piper' who must be paid.Follow the drama from dense tropical rainforests to the hard gritty streets of Brooklyn-- to the high-techsuburbs of Boston. Witness how an isolated event deep in the jungle grew to effect the course of a nation.
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