Our story tells how Porgy, a crippled Black beggar in Charleston's Catfish Row, learns that the love of his life, Bess, has been drugged and taken to New York by Sportin’ Life. Porgy is determined to rescue her, and must overcome immense obstacles to get to New York to find her. In her cocaine haze, Bess yearns for Porgy but feels helplessly dependent on Sportin' Life. From his illegal businesses Sportin’ Life has become a wealthy patron of the artists and writers of the Harlem Renaissance. When Bess meets them, she realizes her life can take a different path. In New York, the friends Porgy has met help him figure out how to search for Bess. But, when he discovers where she is, he must defeat Sportin’ Life’s murderous plan to hold onto her. Our sequel is also about racism, and the historical events in the story show that America has not changed very much for African-Americans over the past 100 years. This book is the sequel to the 1920s novel and play, “Porgy,” by Dubose and Dorothy Heyward, which was the basis for the opera and movie. Whether or not you are familiar with the original story, you will be captivated by the twists and turns of the plot and the suspenseful ending.