THE UNBROKEN LINE

Beneath WDIA radio in Memphis, Mami Lou Baptiste has been collecting souls for a century. She offers struggling musicians nine years of incredible talent in exchange for a blood signature. The catch? When the nine years end, your soul doesn't go to Heaven or Hell—it goes into the walls of a hidden tunnel, trapped in stone, screaming forever.

Two thousand faces. Two thousand souls. All still conscious. All still suffering.

To save them, FBI agent Steven Carlson goes undercover and signs the contract himself—knowing he has only nine years to take down the operation before his own soul is claimed. But the transformation is real, granting him extraordinary musical abilities and access to the demon's inner circle. As he befriends the artists marked for death and maps the nine levels of horror beneath Beale Street, a New Orleans Voodoo priestess, a Catholic exorcist, and an FBI team prepare for war.

When the assault begins, sixteen warriors will descend into darkness: Voodoo practitioners, Catholic priests, FBI agents, and nuns with holy water backpacks. Their mission: trap Mami Lou, destroy the contracts, and free the damned.

But some deals can't be broken. Some demons won't go quietly. And Carlson's hiding a secret that could save them all—or condemn him forever.

The Beale Street Bargain 1995 — where faith becomes a weapon and the price of fame is measured in souls.