Mr & Mrs Ramsay are the supportive parents of Alec. Charles Volance is mentioned as Sun Raider’s owner, who accompanies Henry and Alex on their first visit to Saudi Arabia. Later, he trains many other horses of Alec’s horse-farm. The career of Henry gets revived after he teams up with Alec for training Shetan. Henry Dailey is a retired trainer of racehorses and one of the close friends of Alec Ramsay. He goes on to have a close bond with Shetan that he believes no human can understand or explain, not even himself. A wide range of horses is also depicted in the books that include Napoleon, Satana, Zitadah, Shetan, Bonfire, Sagar, Black Minx, Wintertime, Flame, Casey, Johar, Eclipse, Sun Raider, Cyclone, The Ghost, Black Sand, and Black Pepper.Īlec Ramsay is depicted as a young man having a passion for horses. Some of the essential human characters created by Walter Farley for the series include Alexander ‘Alec’ Ramsay, Charles Volence, Henry Dailey, Steve Duncan, Pitch, Abu Ja’Kub ben Ishak, Abd-al-Rahman, Raj, Tabari, Pam Athena, Ibn al Khaldun, and Mr. The novels that Steven Farley has written in this series are meant for younger readers and his first book describes the early years of the Black. The NY Times has described the Black as the most popular fictional horse of the century. The first 2 novels of the series and Steven Farley’s The Young Black Stallion have been adapted into movies having the same titles as the respective novels. After introducing Flame, Walter described his separate storyline until the two stallions meet and proceed with the rest of the series together. Flame is considered as the only equal of the Black. The later novels also feature a second stallion named Flame, which is an Island Stallion. While the first two are colts, the third one is shown as a filly. After releasing the first book in 1941 and introducing the Black, Walter wrote the subsequent books based on the 3 main offspring of the stallion: Satan, Bonfire, and Black Minx. In the later books, Walter has described the Black’s backstory. The Black is shown as an Arab stallion and was owned by a Sheikh before he came into the possession of Alec Ramsay.

Each of the books of this series revolves around the prized stallion and his owner named Alec Ramsay. The title character of this series depicted in the form of a Black Stallion named the Black or Shetan. Walter’s son, Steven Farley, continued the series after his death and has added four titles to the original series so far. The series is comprised of a total of 20 books released between 19. It is written by a noteworthy & bestselling American writer named Walter Farley. The Black Stallion book series is a wonderful series of young adult, children’s books, classics, and fiction novels.

The Black Stallion by Walter Farley