Upset with Pam's death, Alec flees from Hopeful Farm. He and the Black wander aimlessly through the Arizona Desert and they come across a native american tribe. They hear about a amazing prophecy that when the end of the world comes, hope will be promised from a rider on a black horse.

Alec ignores the prophecy and shrugs it off as mere superstition until disaster comes from the sky. Then he and the Black are off a amazing adventure, more dangerous than any they have had yet.