Vertigo Book #8

In "Prima parte: Il messaggio," CIA operative Devilin DuPaul is thrust into a chilling mystery when he learns that the heads of Hutu soldiers in Zaire have been arranged to spell his name from above. As he leads his mercenary team toward the Mugunga refugee camp, the mission takes a darker turn when they lose contact with the site and DuPaul receives a cryptic note reading "I wait."

In "Seconda parte: Il fiume," Glass drifts through memories of a past mission gone wrong—one that cost a boy’s mother her life—while navigating a riverine journey haunted by guilt and shifting visions. As the mercenary is taken prisoner by rebel forces, Guide Tshimumba recounts the horrors he witnessed: leading soldiers to a hidden site where gorillas were slaughtered, and escaping after seeing men torn apart by the very trees they’d been hoisted into. When Glass tries to fight back, his resolve falters as the ghost of the boy appears once more, pulling him into a moment of crisis he can’t escape.

In "Terza parte: Tenebre," the team finds itself entangled with rebels who once hijacked their ship, now forced to navigate shifting loyalties in the tense aftermath. While waiting in Gbadolite, Dr. Forester shares a chilling account of a mysterious white man seen in the jungle—leading the group on a perilous journey that ends in a sudden, violent ambush by a massive golden gorilla.

In "Quarta parte: La bestia," captive DuPaul finds himself caught between memory and menace as Congo Bill recounts a twisted tale of Cold War intrigue and the assassination of Patrice Lumumba. When the past threatens to consume the present, Glass and Lin move in to break the trap before it’s too late.