For one day, conflicted black soldier, Vince LaSalle has come home to Harlem and a nation that at times,  denies one of its own sons. Glimpsing him atop her step, Vierna Lillis, the woman he loves, can scarcely breathe. Neither of the two lovers can suspect where this unexpected reuinion will lead; both of them are only at the beginning of a saga that will lead to places neither could imagine...

Auslander, German for "Foreigner," is the epic of son and daughter of Gotham, Vince LaSalle and Vierna Lillis. New York, Europe, the South Pacific and Africa are the scenes, as the duo becomes linked with an international cast of characters, during a twisting journey through World War II's brutal, inner world of espionage.