The Black Stallion Revolts

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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 © 1953 by Walter Farley
Text copyright renewed 1981 by Walter Farley

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v3.1

For Alice Patricia

CONTENTS

Cover

Other Books by This Author

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

  1. The Sentinel

  2. Revolt!

  3. Winged Fury

  4. The Unknown

  5. The Search

  6. The Long Night

  7. Strange Awakening

  8. The Pines

  9. Horse Trader

10. Night Cry!

11. The Black Outlaw

12. Lone Rider

13. The Hunters

14. Closing Hands

15. Black Flame

16. Race Rider

17. Lightening Shadows

18. Preston

19. The Sprung Trap

20. Match Race

21. Conclusion

About the Author

THE SENTINEL
1

The gray gelding, Napoleon, was built from the ground up and butter fat. His roundness was not due to overfeeding or lack of exercise but to a most placid disposition and an ease of adapting himself to any kind of situation or way of life. He stood with one hind foot drawn in an easy, relaxed position and eyes half-closed. Only his long ears moved, and they just wobbled as if the weight of them was too much for him to bear at this particular moment. He was the picture of contentment; as peaceful as the June night which enveloped him. There was no reason for him to appear otherwise. He was perfectly happy with his life.

The grass of his paddock moved in the night breeze, giving it the soft, liquid motion of the sea.