When he finds poison in the Black's stable, Alec suspects someone is trying to kill his beloved stallion. But just as he's puzzling over the clues, something even more disturbing happens. An Arab chieftain shows up and reclaims the Black.

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.

Alec and his famous horse, Black, travel back to the Arabian desert to try to discover if Black's sire is still alive.

With the money she is earning and luck from a mysterious horseshoe, twelve-year-old Danielle is on the way to buying back her beloved horse, Redman, but a flu virus endangers the horses on her family's Ocala, Florida, ranch and may delay Redman's return.