Jesse Bookman, a troubled New Orleans burglary detective, gains local fame when he foils a convenience store robbery. But when Captain Jones gives Jesse time off to celebrate his heroism, Jesse becomes the target of Lamar Davis, a Bocor who has been charging the elite of New Orleans to participate in elaborate Voodoo ceremonies. Lamar plans to use Jesse, a true hero, as his first human sacrifice for his demented ceremonies and as payoff for his own...