Benjamin January is forced to travel to Haiti to seek his familyxs lost treasure in order to save everything he holds dearWhen Jefferson Vitrack x the white half-brother of Benjamin Januaryxs wife - turns up on Januaryxs doorstep in the summer of claiming he has discovered a clue to the whereabouts of the familyxs lost treasure January has no hesitation about refusing to help look for it For the treasure lies in Haiti the island that was once Francexs most profitable colony x until the blood-chilling repression practiced there by the whites upon their slaves triggered a savage rebellion The worldxs only Black Republic still looks with murderous mistrust upon any strangers who might set foot there and January is in no hurry to goBut when Vitrack is murdered and attempts are made on Januaryxs wife and himself he understands that he has no choice He must seek the treasure himself to draw the unknown killers into the open a bloody trail that leads first to Cuba then to Haiti and finally to the secret that lies buried with the accursed gold.
