Forcefully embarked on the “Red Witch”, the ship of the ruthless Captain Nilsen, Zagor and Chico arrive in the southern seas. An eccentric English naturalist wants to reach a volcanic island called Little Africa, where a rare coleopter lives, the Pisum Alatum. They find it, but also find volcanic eruptions, hostile natives and a giant octopus, which Zagor must face…
This is beginning of first Zagor large trip outside Darkwood which will see him go all the way to Florida and than back to Darkwood via mainland.
There is a fierce battle going on in Florida between the American soldiers and the Seminole Indians led by the courageous Manetola. General Wilcox seems inclined to draw up an agreement with Manetola and entrusts Zagor and Chico with a peace proposal for the Seminole chief. But the trip in the swamps is tragic...
