Le Septième code
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Le Septième Code is the twenty-fourth book from the Yoko Tsuno
comic book
series written by Roger Leloup
and published in 2005. (ISBN 2-8001-3762-2)
. A rich German
called Krüger wants them to solve a chess
riddle, using their chess skills and the computer program Yoko wrote. When they arrive in a private plane, they almost crash into a biplane
piloted by the fourteen-year old Emilia. The girl joins Yoko in her search as Vic and Pol are abducted by Krüger.
It turns out that the trio's visit was staged by Comtesse Olga, first seen in L'Or du Rhin
. Together with Krüger, she discovered an old steel factory, in which an old, but operative, Russia
n ballistic missile nuclear warhead is hidden. On the site where the factory was built, a certain lighter-than-air ore was discovered, deposited by a meteorite
ages ago. Further mining of the material would endanger the ballistic missile. Yoko, Emilia and Olga solve the chess riddle that grants access to the missile's controls and launch it, allowing it to safely drop its warhead by parachute.
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 2005. (ISBN 2-8001-3762-2)
Story
Yoko, Vic and Pol are traveling to a branch of the Amazon riverAmazon River
The Amazon of South America is the second longest river in the world and by far the largest by waterflow with an average discharge greater than the next seven largest rivers combined...
. A rich German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
called Krüger wants them to solve a chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
riddle, using their chess skills and the computer program Yoko wrote. When they arrive in a private plane, they almost crash into a biplane
Biplane
A biplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with two superimposed main wings. The Wright brothers' Wright Flyer used a biplane design, as did most aircraft in the early years of aviation. While a biplane wing structure has a structural advantage, it produces more drag than a similar monoplane wing...
piloted by the fourteen-year old Emilia. The girl joins Yoko in her search as Vic and Pol are abducted by Krüger.
It turns out that the trio's visit was staged by Comtesse Olga, first seen in L'Or du Rhin
L'Or du Rhin
L'Or du Rhin is the nineteenth book from Yoko Tsuno comic book series written by Roger Leloup and published in 1993. -Story:...
. Together with Krüger, she discovered an old steel factory, in which an old, but operative, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n ballistic missile nuclear warhead is hidden. On the site where the factory was built, a certain lighter-than-air ore was discovered, deposited by a meteorite
Meteorite
A meteorite is a natural object originating in outer space that survives impact with the Earth's surface. Meteorites can be big or small. Most meteorites derive from small astronomical objects called meteoroids, but they are also sometimes produced by impacts of asteroids...
ages ago. Further mining of the material would endanger the ballistic missile. Yoko, Emilia and Olga solve the chess riddle that grants access to the missile's controls and launch it, allowing it to safely drop its warhead by parachute.