Zagor Original #32: Pravda

Justice continues the adventure begun in Convicted. Zagor was badly wounded in an attack on a convoy carrying money he was supposed to protect. The soldiers escorting it were killed, and the evidence points to Zagor himself. Sentenced to hard labor for life, the Spirit with the Hatchet is sent to Hellgate prison.

When his first escape attempt fails, Zagor finds an ally in Dr. Hogan. The doctor believes his account and devises a way to help him regain his freedom. Getting out of prison is only the first step: to clear his name, Zagor must expose the people who framed him for the robbery.

Guido Nolitta and Gallieno Ferri put Darkwood’s defender in the position of a man whose word counts for little. His reputation cannot help him inside Hellgate, but the doctor’s willingness to listen gives him a chance to set things right. The suspense lies both in the escape and in whether Zagor can prove what the reader already knows: the wrong man was convicted.