DESCRIPTION

In Syldavia, a plot is being hatched against the king. Activists in the pay of neighboring Borduria want to steal his scepter, the symbol of the power he wields. Tintin wants to save this small monarchy, lost in the middle of the Balkans, and its illustrious representative, Muskar XII. Hunted by the henchmen of the Z.Z.R.K. (Zyldav Zentral Revolutzionär Komitzät), Tintin flees through the dark Syldavian forests. His legendary intuition enables him to escape Sirov and Zlop's ambush. After a brief stop at the Auberge de la Couronne, he climbs into the Cadillac of a Milanese Scala diva. He gets out quite quickly, on the first pretext that comes up: the song of the Milanese Nightingale has literally traumatized him!