Corto Maltese #9 [12]

In "La casa dorata di Samarcanda [parte seconda]", Corto Maltese continues his quest across a fractured post-imperial landscape, chasing whispers of a treasure hidden by Alexander the Great in Afghanistan. Traveling through the nascent states of the Turkish Republic, the Soviet Union, and Reza Pahlavi’s Iran, he navigates shifting loyalties and vibrant cultures, all while pursuing a mission that may be as much about liberation as it is about legend.

Set in the 1600s near the frontier settlement of New Canaan in New England, *Tutto ricominciò con un'estate indiana* unfolds during a sudden, golden summer that stirs long-suppressed emotions in a rigid Puritan community. As the peaceful coexistence between English settlers and local Native peoples hangs on a fragile thread, a day of unexpected warmth and beauty ignites a chain of events that tests loyalty, desire, and the limits of forgiveness.