Woody Strode's extraordinary career led him from football field to wrestling ring to Hollywood. In 1939 Woody, Jackie Robinson and Kenny Washington led UCLA to its first undefeated football season. After World War II Woody and Kenny Washington became the first blacks to play in the NFL. In 1950 Woody became pro wrestling's first black star, After that it was a small step to Hollywood where he appeared in such films as The Ten Commandments, Spartacus, and The Cotton Club. Sam Young and Woody Strode met while working on a televisions production. Their relationship grew until after three years, countless hours of conversations and interviews, Goal Dust was completed.

Working late at the Brnenwaldt institute for linguistics, professor Charlie Baird is approached by US government secret agent Zack Tatum to translate the copy of the Zandberg hieroglyph. Within the scriptures Charlie finds the manual and a partial location of the Nazi atomic bomb. Persuaded by Zack, Charlie soon finds herself in the dangerous world of spies in the middle of the Second World War. As Zack''''s temporary wife, and soon lover, she travels across the ocean, through Asia and the Middle East to at last reach Poland where the hieroglyph awaits. Faced by many dangers they are to uncover the secrets hidden among the historical fanatics of the Third Reich.