La Jonque céleste is the twenty-second book from Yoko Tsuno

Yoko Tsuno

Yoko Tsuno is a comic book series created by the Belgian writer Roger Leloup published by Dupuis and in Spirou since its debut in 1970. Through twenty-five volumes, the series tell the adventures of Yoko Tsuno, a female electrical engineer of Japanese origin surrounded by her close friends, Vic...

 comic book

Comic book

A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...

 series written by Roger Leloup

Roger Leloup

Roger Leloup is a Belgian comic strip artist, novelist, and a former collaborator of Hergé. He is most famous for the Yoko Tsuno comic series.- Biography :...

 and published in 1998. (ISBN 2-8001-2587-X)

Plot

During a visit to China, the country of her ancestors, Yoko will live one of the most magical adventures of her existence. Removing from a greedy archaeologist a mysterious ball of ivory and a very old doll, our electrical engineer will discover the way to The Seventh Tooth of the Dragon, the tomb of the third wife of Emperor Chen Tsong

Emperor Zhenzong of Song

Emperor Zhenzong was the third emperor of the Song Dynasty of China. He reigned from 997 to 1022. Zhenzong was the third son of Emperor Taizong. His personal name was Zhao Heng and his temple name Zhenzong means "True Ancestor".Zhenzong's reign was noted for the consolidation of power and the...

. But this tomb, dating from the eleventh century, hides one of the saddest chapters in the history of China. Married at an early age, Sin-Yi has been sacrificed at the age of six in mysterious circumstances. Moved by this unjust death, Yoko calls her friends, Vic, Pol and Monya to the rescue and they decide to go back in time to save this innocent little girl, which reminds her of Rosée, her adopted daughter ... http://www.dupuis.com/servlet/jpecat?pgm=VIEW_ALBUM&lang=UK&OUVRAGE_ID=1274