In his native North Carolina, Will battles America's baseball apartheid by accepting an invitation in 1943 to play on an all-white team. His high school sweetheart is Dena, whose mother disapproves of their romance. The Ku Klux Klan decides to teach Will a lesson in the status quo and attacks. Will escapes Klan pursuit and hides in the US Army where he keeps the 99th Fighter Squadron (Tuskegee Airmen) safe on the ground.

First Dark: A Buffalo Soldier's Story - Sesquicentennial Edition is an historically correct action novel that follows Isaac Rice, Tenth Cavalry, and the women who love him. His nineteenth century saga begins in Charleston, and reaches the desert Southwest, contributing to the story of how twenty-first century America came to be. Isaac touches and is touched by lives of diverse fictional characters plus a cast of impressive nonfictional people: political, military, religious, and entrepreneurs.