Anthology of four Corto Maltese shorts set in WWI Europe. In 1915, World War I has spread throughout Europe and other parts of the world. Maltese-born laconic adventurer Corto Maltese is not bothered by it, however, since he`s preoccupied with his latest endeavor. He`s in Venice looking for information on the mythical Seven Cities of Gold, or more specifically - the seventh city itself, since next to nothing is known about it. He contacts Serafino, one of the leaders of the local Franciscan religious order there. It turns out that a mysterious local woman in wheelchair nicknamed the Angel at the East Window may know something about it. However, Austrian spies and adventuress Venexiana Stevenson sidetrack Corto. In 1917, Corto is hired by Montenegro republicans to find and return their dethroned king`s gold that he hid while escaping from the invading Austrian forces. The gold is hidden in an abandoned bombed-out church near the town of Caporetto. The problem is that the town is part ...