Black Fury #36

When a devastating drought drives Black Fury and his herd down from the hills seeking water, the stallion discovers an uneasy truce with local farmers digging for life-sustaining wells. But when a sudden storm transforms the dry riverbed into a raging flood, Black Fury must use all his strength and courage to protect both his herd and the helpless creatures caught in the torrent—including a feared enemy he refuses to abandon.

A mustang hunter named Cass Nichols has tracked the magnificent Black Fury for weeks and finally gets his rope on the wild stallion—but Black Fury bucks him off hard, leaving Nichols with a busted leg and completely at the horse's mercy. Despite his injury and helplessness, the stallion shows unexpected compassion, and Nichols finds himself riding Black Fury back to civilization, forever changing how the valley sees the king of the wild horses.

On the vast prairie before civilization, Black Fury, the ebony king of wild horses, must protect his prized colt from two deadly threats: the ruthless Crow hunters who covet him and Lobo, a monstrous buffalo wolf whose hunger for vengeance grows fiercer with each passing day. When Black Fury clashes with the giant predator to save his young one, he earns an enemy whose cunning and strength rival his own—and whose hatred will not rest.

Little Billy Jay finds his true calling with horses—the only creatures that never judge him. Shunned by the town kids but gifted with an uncanny way with even the wildest cayuses, he ventures into the desert alone to gentle untamed herds and bring them back to sell to folks he trusts. What starts as a lonely boy's escape becomes the making of a man.

When two scheming ranch managers discover that an accountant named Edgar Norris has exposed their theft, they decide his only way out is a bucking ride on Black Fury—the wildest stallion in the territory, blindfolded and tied to the horse's back. What they don't count on is what happens when the dust settles and the great stallion finally stops running.