The son of a white man and a Cherokee, Joseph Willis must live as a slave on his own property. His struggle for freedom is complicated by a love forbidden by society and his newfound spiritual faith. With a faith molded by tragedy, Joseph finds the courage to forgive and to change the course of a new nation. Randy Willis tells the raw-boned epic, based on his own ancestors that gives American history a new face and a fresh voice. A novel about adventure, family, faith and the character of a man that touched generations. *** Randy Willis is an American novelist, biographer, and music publisher...

Joseph Willis's life is a story of triumph over tragedy and victory over adversity. . He was born into slavery. His mother was Cherokee and his father a wealthy English plantation owner. . His family took him to court to deprive him of his inheritance (which would have made him the wealthiest plantation owner in all of Bladen County, North Carolina in 1776). . He fought as a Patriot in the Revolutionary War under the most colorful of all the American generals, Francis Marion, The Swamp Fox. . His first wife died in childbirth, and his second wife died only six years later, leaving him with...