Satan und Ischariot I

In the lawless American West, two German brothers have crossed a line from which there is no return. Harry and Thomas Melton have descended into darkness, kidnapping their own countrymen and selling them into brutal forced labor. Their crimes cry out for justice, and two legendary figures answer the call: Old Shatterhand, the resolute German frontiersman, and Winnetou, the noble Apache chief whose friendship with Shatterhand has become the stuff of legend throughout Europe. This first volume of the "Satan und Iscariot" trilogy ventures into darker territory than May's earlier adventure tales. Here, the boundaries between good and evil blur dangerously. The Melton brothers are no simple villains but men whose souls have been corrupted, and May probes whether redemption remains possible for those who have surrendered to evil's embrace. As Shatterhand and Winnetou pursue their quarry across the frontier, they embody May's enduring vision of friendship that transcends civilization and wilderness, honor and betrayal, the human and the divine.