Maria the nurse and nanny - invoking Haitian Voodoo to protect those she loves from her damaged, violent sister Andrea. And Michael - the wealthy man between them, fighting desperately to save his baby son and escape with the sister he truly loves. This exhilarating saga of love and revenge sweeps us from Hispaniola in 1916, where the sisters' family originated in poverty and slavery, to the lurking drug culture of Balboa, Panama, and finally, to the United States. The ripples of the sisters' family history spread insidiously and threaten all that Michael has built. Will the Voodoo that was meant to protect save them? Or will it finally bring disaster upon Michael, Maria, and everything they love?