The Tiger of New Orleans — Stephen Estopinal

In the rural farm country south of New Orleans, Bartolome de Melilla, the trilingual grandson of a famous Spanish soldier, was raised on tales of battles against the British. Descendent of Canary Islanders transported to Louisiana in 1778 to serve as soldiers for the King of Spain, the traditions and heraldry of his ancestors were woven into the fiber of Bartolome's being. With America on the cusp of the Industrial Revolution, 14-year-old Bartolome is swept into the heady danger and romance of the worldly port city of New Orleans. Trusting to the lessons he was taught by his grandfather, he finds himself assisting the city's foremost Voodoo priestess and strikes up an unlikely alliance with a Chinese businessman. He also falls in love with Anna Steward, the beautiful daughter of a mattress works owner. But with the British invasion, Anna's family flees New Orleans and he joins the American defenders. To survive and be reunited with his love, Bartolome will have to become El Tigre de Nuevo Orleans in this masterfully written saga of love, war, and Voodoo spiritualism. Author Stephen Estopinal grew up in the swamps and bayous of Southeast Louisiana and now lives halfway between Baton Rouge and New Orleans. A land surveyor and civil engineer, he has written numerous professional articles as well as a textbook now in its third edition. El Tigre de Nuevo Orleans is his first novel. Publisher's website: http://www.strategicpublishinggroup.com/title/ElTigreDeNuevoOrleans.html