When dreams come true

The story opens on the sun‑baked plains of Chihuahua, where mountains, mesas and lone cacti stretch beneath an endless sky. Captain Forest and his faithful Indian guide José are riding toward the annual Fiesta of the Corn, a celebration that spins the desert’s stark silence into music and color. As they pause on a wind‑scarred mesa, the landscape unfurls—golden sage, blooming cactus, distant Sierras—casting the region as both a forgotten wilderness and a place humming with ancient myth.

Nearby, a bleached skull protrudes from a spring, a silent reminder of the land’s long, uneasy history, while the captain’s thoughts drift to the previous year’s fever, when his remarkable horse Starlight protected him from wolves and vultures. The bond between man, mount, and the desert’s peoples hints at deeper alliances that will be tested as the fiesta approaches. With legends of Montezuma’s return soaring above the eagles, the stage is set for an adventure that blends survival, cultural mystery, and the promise that a dream may yet become reality.