After the Black is claimed by its rightful owner, a great desert chieftain from across the sea, Alec crosses the desert amid many dangers in search of the stallion.
Alec Ramsay's life is changed after he spends a terrifying night lost in the Florida Everglades with a deranged Frenchman who is helping him search for the runaway black stallion.
Alec Ramsay's life is changed after he spends a terrifying night lost in the Florida Everglades with a deranged Frenchman who is helping him search for the runaway black stallion.
Pulled to a desert island by a wild black stallion he has freed during a shipwreck at sea, then rescued by a southbound freighter, a seventeen-year-old boy befriends the horse, trains him by night, and rides him to victory in a match race.
Young Tom Messenger must pick up the reigns of Bonfire, a horse he has cared for since birth, when the veteran rider Jimmy Creech's health takes a turn for the worse.
When the Black is returned to Alec Ramsey, the whole racing world, including Alec himself, wonders which horse is faster: the great stallion or his son, Satan.