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.
Traces the early life of the Black Stallion in the mountains of Arabia before he was captured and brought to the West. A prequel to the first book in the Black Stallion series.
After the Black is claimed by his rightful owner, a great desert chieftain from across the sea, Alec crosses the desert amid many dangers in search of the stallion.