Zoot Comics #14[b]

In the sun-scorched heart of the desert, Cora leads a desperate safari, chasing a map she believes holds the truth behind her lost husband’s fate. But when they’re captured by the feared Scarlet Knave—a man whispered to be a myth—her journey takes a deadly turn. Rulah, driven by grief over her fallen friend Tandi, stands ready to face the man who wears the mask of a legend.

Rulah ventures to the river’s source, drawn by the grim mystery of bodies washing downstream. Joppa, the tyrannical ruler of Tii, has orchestrated the killings, hoping to lure her to his kingdom and force her into marriage—so he can claim her people’s loyalty through her.

In the shadow of a murdered fortune-teller, American agent Jack O'Neil is drawn into a web of deception when he uncovers a stolen medallion and a map leading to a jungle village ruled by fear. There, the cunning Jackalle and the sinister Prophet spread terror through false prophecies, while O'Neil must confront the chilling truth that one of them will one day end his life. With Rulah watching from the edge of the wild, O'Neil faces a deadly reckoning — but the jungle holds secrets that may outlast even death.