After exposing an international organization of drug traffickers, Tintin enjoys a vacation in the palace of the Maharaja Rawajputala, whose only son he wrested from the clutches of the gang leader, who disappeared at the bottom of a mountain gorge. Details of this story can be found in Pharaoh's Cigars. A stranger arrives in India to Tintin with a message of extreme importance. Alas, he is immediately struck by an arrow poisoned with "poison-that-deprives-of-reason"! The poor man manages to say that Tintin is very much needed in Shanghai, and utter only one name: Mitsuhirato. Without delay, Tintin goes to China, where he meets members of the secret society "Sons of the Dragon", whose goal is to fight opium. What they don't know yet is that drug dealers will stop at nothing to take Tintin out of the game. The Japanese occupation authorities capture a reporter and sentence him to death on false charges of espionage. Chinese friends organize his escape, and later Tintin finds a cipher for the intruders' radio messages. His opponent is very strong, and Tintin comes up with a cunning combination to put an end to the criminal activities of the syndicate. His investigation leads him to the Blue Lotus opium den in Shanghai...
Author: Erzhe
Translation: Mikhail Khachaturov
Pages: 64 (offset). Hard cover
Dimensions: 217x290 mm
