Returning home to New York City from a visit to his uncle in India, teenager Alec Ramsay is the sole human survivor of a devastating shipwreck. Trapped on a deserted island, Alec finds his only companion is an Arabian horse, beautiful, unbroken, and savage ... a horse whose beauty matches his wild spirit.

When Alec receives the black stallion's first son as a gift, he believes his dreams have come true, but Satan is a dangerous and unpredictable horse.

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.

A plane wreck at sea separates Alec and the Black until the search for a rabid vampire bat leads the boy to Flame's island sanctuary.

When Alec rides the Black into the Everglades one misty morning, he doesn't expect to see another living soul -- much less a mysterious horseman on a ghostly gray mare. Alec is intrigued by the strange rider and accepts an invitation to his isolated home in the swamp. But as Alec learns more about his host, he grows uneasy -- and with good reason. The stranger's fear of a supernatural curse has driven him to the brink of insanity. By the time...