Corto Maltese #2 [5]

In "La casa dorata di Samarcanda [parte seconda]", Corto Maltese continues his quest across a fractured post-imperial landscape, driven by the legend of Alexander the Great’s lost treasure. Traveling through the Turkish Republic, the Soviet Union, and Reza Pahlavi’s Iran, he navigates shifting alliances and ancient mysteries, encountering diverse cultures as he moves closer to a secret that could free a man long imprisoned.

Set in the 1600s near the fledgling settlement of New Canaan in New England, "Tutto ricominciò con un'estate indiana" unfolds during a summer of unexpected warmth, when the fragile peace between English colonists and local Indigenous people begins to unravel. Amidst a society governed by rigid morality, simmering tensions, forbidden emotions, and long-buried desires threaten to ignite in the face of a single, fateful day.

In "Un'aquila nella giungla," Corto Maltese, Steiner, and Tristan set sail from Bahia in search of a sunken galley laden with gold, their journey leading them to a remote island where they encounter a wounded fisherman adrift in a small boat, his changada barely holding together. The discovery throws their quest into uncertainty, as the man’s presence hints at dangers far beyond the treasure they seek.