"I will call you Thowra," Bel Bel said, waking him with her nose, "because that means wind. In wind were you born, and fleet as the wind you must be, if you will live."

Thowra the magnificent silver stallion longs to be King of the Brumbies, just like the mighty horse, The Brolga. But Thowra is young, and to defeat The Brolga he needs all his strength and cunning. So he bides his time, and listens, and learns. Soon he knows that even if he defeats The Brolga, he has to be braver still to overcome a worse danger - the threat from Man...