The Prisoner of the Sun

Author: Hergé
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Publish Date: 2002-04-01
Features: This volume is a companion to The Seven Crystal Balls. Professor Calculus is kidnapped, and Tintin and Captain Haddock track them to South America. Here, the majesty of the Inca King leaves them with nothing, as everyone fears the Inca King except for the orange seller Zorino. Tintin bravely helps the Indian boy Zorino, which changes the Incas' perception of him, while Tintin also receives Zorino's assistance. They mistakenly enter the Inca King's temple and become prisoners of the Sun God, with their punishment being burned alive by the sun. In the end, the clever Tintin uses the phenomenon of a solar eclipse to escape the predicament, saving the professor and the suffering scientist.