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THE BLACK STALLION SERIES BY WALTER FARLEY

THE BLACK STALLION

THE BLACK STALLION RETURNS

SON OF THE BLACK STALLION

THE ISLAND STALLION

THE BLACK STALLION AND SATAN

THE BLACK STALLION’S BLOOD BAY COLT

THE ISLAND STALLION’S FURY

THE BLACK STALLION’S FILLY

THE BLACK STALLION REVOLTS

THE BLACK STALLION’S SULKY COLT

THE ISLAND STALLION RACES

THE BLACK STALLION’S COURAGE

THE BLACK STALLION MYSTERY

THE HORSE-TAMER

THE BLACK STALLION AND FLAME

MAN O’ WAR

THE BLACK STALLION CHALLENGED!

THE BLACK STALLION’S GHOST

THE BLACK STALLION AND THE GIRL

THE BLACK STALLION LEGEND

THE YOUNG BLACK STALLION (with Steven Farley)

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Text copyright © 1948 by Walter Farley
Copyright renewed 1976 by Walter Farley

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Dedication

Dedicated to
all boys and girls who love horses
but never have had one of their own

ISLAND OF LOST HORSES

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Azul Island. Latitude 14° 3’ North. Longitude 56° 28’ West.

The freighter Horn, nine days out of New York City, was a mile from Azul Island, and running parallel to it. The freighter’s only passenger, Steve Duncan, stood beside the captain at the bow of the ship. Steve wore only a pair of swimming trunks, and his tanned, lithe body was wet with the spray that whipped from the prow of the Horn as she dipped to meet each oncoming wave. Steve had been waiting many hours for his first sight of Azul Island.

The captain passed his binoculars to Steve, saying, “We can’t get any closer, Steve. Dangerous reefs there. I’ve never been this close before.”