The Black Stallion's Ghost

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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 © 1969 by Walter Farley
Text copyright renewed 1997 by Rosemary Farley, Steven Farley, Tim Farley, and Alice Farley Cover illustration copyright © 2002 by John Rowe

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CONTENTS

Cover

Other Books by This Author

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

1. The Ghost

2. The Black Stallion

3. The Hammocks

4. The Captain

5. The Professionals

6. The Storm

7. Images and Omens

8. The Legend

9. Nightmare!

10. The Fight

11. The Grassy Sea

12. The Home of Koví

13. Koví

14. The Bridge

15. The Way Back

16. Koví Strikes

17. Nothing at All

18. Race Day!

19. The Greatest Show on Earth

20. Coming to the End

About the Author

THE GHOST
1

The man was almost invisible against the backdrop of the dark velvet curtain. His tall figure was clothed completely in black and his hair and skin were black as well. He raised a large and corded hand, one capable of great strength, to touch the silver-gray body of the mare beside him. His hand was so light upon her that he might have been touching a ghost.

She responded to his touch by a slight fluttering of her ears. It was enough for him to know that she was expectant and ready to enter the ring. He parted the stage curtain a bit in order to see the spacious hall and audience on the other side.

It was his first visit to Stockholm, Sweden, and he was impressed. The hall was more like a theater than quarters for a circus. Festively illuminated, it was a pleasing sight on that bitter-cold winter night.