{"product_id":"the-levee-syndicate-scott-hamele-9798242308718","title":"The Levee Syndicate: Eighteenth-Century New Orleans and the Business of Fear","description":"Book Four of The Ravenshaw Chronicles. In 1728 New Orleans, Edmund Ravenshaw arrives sick, broke, and anonymous-then survives thanks to the disciplined mercy of the Ursuline sisters. Recovered but exposed, he takes work as a clerk and discovers the colony's true power isn't sugar or silver, but paper: ledgers, seals, manifests, and the rumors that travel faster than ships. With Celeste Arnaud-sharp-eyed, bilingual, and impossible to fool for long-Edmund learns the city's hidden map of taverns, river routes, and quiet brokers who sell protection with a smile. As fear spreads through a strained frontier town-tightening authority, shortages, and old violence resurfacing-Edmund's gift for order becomes both opportunity and danger. Rival merchants and watchful officers circle, and every favor arrives with a hook. In a place where faith and fraud share the same streets, Edmund must choose what he's willing to become to survive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Scott Hamele\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798242308718\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 520\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.52lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.05d","brand":"Scott Hamele","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":50664889909503,"sku":"9798242308718","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-levee-syndicate-scott-hamele-9798242308718","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}