What People Will Do For Gold: An EXCLUSIVE Preview From ‘Yucatan 1512’

by Rachel Bellwoar

The friar brought up a lot more than gold in his final moments, but “gold” is the only part of his message that’s stuck in Alex Vede‘s original graphic novel, Yucatan 1512. Correction: that’s not strictly true. At least one soldier heard the friar’s warnings. He’s just not feeling very self-preserving right now but maybe that will change after the events of this EXCLUSIVE preview from Vede’s book:

“An expedition of Spanish soldiers make landfall in the Yucatan Peninsula in 1512, seeking a legendary city of Mayan Gold. Sorolla, a grizzled, old soldier full of remorse, seeks oblivion on foreign soil. When his commander slays one of the native inhabitant’s only family, Sorolla rebels against his troop to save the child. The quest for the city of gold turns into a manhunt. The pair flee through the jungle seeking sanctuary from the onslaught of the Spanish soldiers at their heels. But deep in that jungle, in the heart of the ancient city, rests monstrous warriors waiting for a vengeful summons.”