The Island Stallion Races
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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 © 1955 by Walter Farley
Text copyright renewed 1983 by Walter Farley and Random House, Inc.
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eISBN: 978-0-307-80489-1
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v3.1
For Steve
CONTENTS
Cover
Other Books by This Author
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
1. “Run, Flame! Run!”
2. Nothing
3. The New Day
4. The Strangers
5. “… Always Worrying About Nothing”
6. A Matter of Convenience
7. “Laugh, Please”
8. Final Training
9. The Unleashing
10. The Room
11. And a Star to Guide Her By
12. The Visitor
13. The Wealthy Gentleman
14. The Invitation
15. The Waiting
16. Off to the Races
17. Post Parade
18. The International Race
19. The End …
20. … And the Beginning
Epilogue
About the Author
“RUN, FLAME! RUN!”
1
The tropical sun was hot and brilliant. It made the open waters of the Caribbean Sea appear more blue than they actually were. It turned the golden, rounded dome of Azul Island into a flaming apparition. Yet its rays could not pierce the mist which hung like a gray veil about the base of this island of stone. Blue waters churned white going over the protective reef that lay a short distance out, then turned black as the waves gathered momentum and height to disappear behind the heavy shroud. They could be heard seconds later crashing against the walled barriers of Azul Island.
A lone boy guided the motor launch Sea Queen toward the perilous reef, his eyes never leaving the waters directly before him. He handled the wheel carefully, expertly. He watched the submerged coral slide past to either side of the hull.
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