Written by Brian Wood; Art by Leandro Fernandez; Cover by Massimo Carnevale

"The Plague Widow" part 3 of 8
"Deathships" haunt the Volga - floating mass graves, Viking ship crews struck down by the plague in transit. They present an irresistible temptation to the quarantined town: precious cargo there for the taking if only a volunteer could be found to risk infection and pull the ship to shore. But the plague's been hard on everyone, and to a boatload of dying Vikings, they could be thinking the same thing.