"It is Holy Week, and the Haitian sugar cane harvesters can temporarily forget their misery and lose themselves in the fervor of Voudon. But amidst the colorful festival, a struggle for power, as well as a devastating passion, develops between Mistress Zule, a Voudon priestess and spiritual leader, and the infamous, bloodthirsty Simila Bolosse, a rival Voudon priest backed by the tontons macoutes. Based on true events."--BOOK JACKET.