"I am from the South. My name is Yusuf ben Al-Ahmar." "Then you have seen the Moors!" she cried. The black eyes flashed briefly, then half shut in a peaceful expression. "I have," he replied, nonchalant. The year is 711, and the Moors are invading Spain. Doretta de la Viega is just a fourteen year old girl whose only concern is being married to an unpleasant man. But soon it is evident that marriage is the least of her worries.

An immortal man who cares only for horses discovers that the world has built up around him while he ignores it. While hidden from prying eyes, he has preserved ancient bloodlines of certain breeds, and developed a type of his own; something that unscrupulous people would kill to own.