A New God for the Crawfish People

Are His Dreams and Visions Simply Symptoms of Epilepsy.Or Are They Caused by the Zombi Juice?

When he was only two years old, bayou boy Pratt the Bear witnessed the lynching of his mother and her African-American friend. Although he survived the attack, he suffered a severe head injury that left him with strange visions. Subsequently raised by his grandmother, he is mentored by Docteur Jacques, a Vodou priest, and a gris-gris woman named Maman Marie.

As he grows up, Pratt partakes in Vodou ceremonies meant to transform him into a tool of judgement to avenge the death of his mother, but his visions of gods and spirits quickly set him on a new (and completely unexpected) path.

The story of Pratt the Bear is set against the tragic backdrop of the Civil Rights Revolution and the violence and upheaval that accompanied this shameful era of southern history. It is a brave and revealing work that will leave the reader both disturbed and exhilarated.and hungry for more.

A New God for the Crawfish People is the first book in The Froggy Bottom Trilogy.