La Rose Book II: Le Baton Chronicles: 2

In the shadow of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom telecast in 1963 New Orleans Louisiana Lela Chevalier Roberts continues her recount of the Chevalier family history to her great-grandson Julian Charles Chamberie with the life of her late husband James Roberts in 19th Century Louisiana.Assisted by angels and heaven James escapes annihilation at the hand of his father and flees the war torn American South for Paris France where he finds refuge with his cousins Emmanuel and Jonathan. Yet Mammon the Devil pursues him destroying the new life he has created. Clawing his way out of the madness of Hell the memory of an ancient love compels James to continue on in spite of Satan ploys. He returns to America at wars end finding himself faced with the true love he has dreamed of Lela. Nevertheless the devil is busy. Mammon executes his greatest plot to destroy Lelas and James love forever jeopardizing the lineage and birth of the End Time King Le Baton.