Corto Maltese The Guilded House of Samarkand

Hugo Pratts famous comics adventurer Corto Maltese while sojourning in Adana Turkey discovers a map to the treasure of Cyrus an ancient king of Persia To assist him in his quest he enlists his old friendnemesis the unbelievable Raspoutine whom he first has to help escape from the prison of Samarkand aka La maison dorée de Samarkand the golden house of Samarkand On the long and tortured way to the riches he encounters all kind of interesting characters soldiers of fortune lost British actors and even his doppelgänger