HOUSE OF WHISPERS (2018)

"An all-new corner has been added to Neil Gaiman's Sandman Universe! Welcome to the House of Dahomey, the houseboat of Erzulie Fréda, where the souls of Voodoo followers go when they sleep to beseech the flirtatious and tragic goddess to grant them their hearts' desires and counsel them on their futures and fortunes. When you arrive, you'll find a party is in full swing, filled with all kinds of fabulous and fierce folk, while fish fry and music blasts. From her bayou, Erzulie scries upon the mortal realm and sees four human girls open a mysterious and magical journal filled with whispers and rumors that, if they spread, could cause a pandemic unlike any the Earth has seen, with the power to release Sopona, the loa lord of infectious disease and cousin to Erzulie, who is currently banned from the human plane. But even the fearsome Erzulie cannot be of assistance when her dream river turns tumultuous, tossing her house from her realm and into another "

"Erzulie shouldn't be in the Dreaming; in fact, she isn't really sure how she suddenly got stranded there. Worse, she soon learns that she is no longer connected to her worshippers, which, for a deity, means only one thing: death. Against the advice of Cain and Abel, Erzulie steers her houseboat back into the rip between the worlds in an effort to return to her realm. But how will she find her way back, and what danger lies ahead in the otherworldly waters she finds herself sailing? Meanwhile, Latoya's sisters and her girlfriend watch her comatose body in the hospital, praying she'll wake up, not realizing they'd best be careful what they wish for "

"What doctors are calling 'Cotard's Delusion'-the disease Latoya contracted from the mysterious book-is beginning to spread across the Waking World, trapping the souls of its victims in the Dreaming, so that their corporeal bodies are mere husks, waiting for death to take them. Likewise, Erzulie is still trapped within the Dreaming, and her personality begins to shift, expressing fewer of her love-and -desire qualities, and developing more of her warrior persona, known as Erzulie Dantor. She may not be looking for a fight, but what function does a warrior have outside of battle?"

"The mysterious infection doctors are calling 'Cotard's Delusion' spreads, trapping countless souls in the Dreaming and leaving their physical bodies yearning for death. To handle her own case of the disease, Latoya decides to go on risky adventures, believing she'll feel alive the closer she gets to death, while her girlfriend Maggie tries to find a true cure. Meanwhile, in the Dreaming, Erzulie Dantor calls her war council of Shakpana, Turtle and Uncle Monday to find a way to take her sister-self's bayou and boat back to their realm. Shakpana, however, seems to be more interested in making his way back to the Waking World "

"As the life sparks of non-dreamers continue to populate the Dreaming at an alarming rate due to the spreading of Cotard's delusions in the Waking World, Turtle and Shakpana race to see who can track down Maggie and retrieve the mysterious Book of Whispers first. Turtle, on behalf of Erzulie Dantor, hopes to stop and reverse the epidemic, while Shakpana seeks to control it "

"Things continue to get worse for Erzulie and her followers in the House of Dahomey. Even her warrior sister-self cannot keep off the pains and troublesthat follow each of them like the plague. She fears it may be time to unleash another of her feared personae: Erzulie the Red-Eye, dark lady of sorrows. MATURE READERS"

"Unable to connect with the girls Erzulie has sworn to protect, Maggie and Latoya align themselves with Shakpana in hopes that he can defeat Erzulie-whom they blame for their Waking Death-not realizing their misfortune is his gain."

"To try and understand what is going on in her own story, Erzulie seeks to enlist assistance from the fearsome god of stories: Kwaku Anansi. However, the spider-god has many threads in his web, and who knows what price he may extract in unraveling the secrets of one... "

"Erzulie and her two sister-selves face off against the god of stories himself, Ananse, in a storytelling battle for the ages! If Erzulie wins, her husband becomes untangled from her houseboat; if Ananse wins, a prize most delectable comes his way. Meanwhile, the souls of the undeceased return to their bodies, and with them the guilt and pain of the memories of what they did during their soulless time. MATURE READERS"

"Things are beyond dire for the House of Dahomey, to the point where Erzulie must call upon the most grim and unforgiving of her sister-selves: Marinette of the Dry-Bones, rider of a pale horse and commander of werewolves!"

"As the battle rages on in Ananse's lair, Erzulie makes a spectacular final effort to prevail-but when she multiplies her forces, her authority is divided. With time running out, hundreds of sister-selves must negotiate their powers and learn to work together to free Agwe and turn the tide for the House of Dahomey."

"What is it like to have the House of Whispers as the house next door? One young woman may be about to find out, as a very unexpected domestic mishap leaves her in dire need of aid from Erzulie and Ogun whether she knows it or not."

"After fighting a war for their very existence, Erzulie and Ogun want nothing more than a simple moment of domestic married bliss but where gods walk, normal life flees, and their neighbor Blaise has found her story to be quite entangled with those of the loa. Will her own love story end as happily as theirs? And does she even want it to?"

"The second year of the most innovative series in The Sandman Universe begins with a terrifying upgrade for one of the world's worst nightmares! The goddess Erzulie is grieving the loss of one of her husbands, while her remaining spouses are asking themselves if they can remain by her side. But in the darkness, a rival has arrived to vie for Erzulie's place. The Corinthian has his eyes on a forgotten piece of real estate in the Dreaming, and he's not above moving into a fixer-upper, if taking control of it can give him power like Erzulie's. To fend off this threat, Erzulie will need allies-including the mysterious Papa Midnite and the dangerous Shakpana, the contagious god whose last outbreak nearly destroyed the world! And with friends like those..."

"After her encounter with Erzulie, the young girl known as Poquita finally has the strength to stand up to the adoptive family that's forced her into labor. But is that strength really coming from a benevolent goddess? Or is it the tiny fragment of the Corinthian that's taken up residence in her life whispering in her ears?"

"Young Poquita has fled the abusive foster family that's held her hostage...but in an abandoned refugee prison on the southern border, she'll find that her traveling companion is not the kindly, grateful kitten she started the journey with. It's an aspect of the Corinthian made flesh...and Erzulie may not hear her cries in time to intervene!"

"The Corinthian has been shattered into thousands of pieces, each one infecting an acolyte of Erzulie, turning their whispered prayers to her into incantations of horror! It falls to Erzulie to pull every one of those shards together and reassemble the Corinthian but the problem with reassembling him is that, well then the Dreaming's worst nightmare is back, and very, very angry!"

"Erzulie had abandoned all hope that her lost husband Agwe could return from the grave though her other husbands Damballa and Ogun have not lost faith. Have they found a way to pull his spirit out of the boards of the House of Whispers? And what terrible price will they have to pay to do so?"

"The divine houseboat that is the House of Whispers has always obeyed Erzulie's commands-but now it has begun its own journey, trapping Erzulie aboard with her ex-husbands and sailing on a collision course with an entire fleet of ghostly slave ships bound for Guinée, the land of the dead!"

"Trapped in Guinée, the Land of the Dead, Papa Midnite and Erzulie must join forces to return to their own realms unfortunately, their mutual foe the trickster god Ananse is in the way, and he's eager for a rematch!"

"The time has come for both Erzulie and Poquita to take back the power of their twinned Houses but Anansi will stop at nothing to keep his treasures! The sweeping epic of Erzulie's war with the trickster god comes to an explosive conclusion!"