The Crab with the Golden Claws Tom Angleberger and boasting a history that

and boasting a history that stretches back twelve thousand years

In this bold and provocative book

it's payback time

the Elf King forges newAmulets that will give him the power to invade and destroy the nation of Windsor

The Crab with the Golden Claws Tom Angleberger and boasting a history thatTintin is informed by the Thompsons of a case involving the ramblings of a drunken man, later killed, found with a scrap of paper from what appears to be a tin of crab meat with the word Karaboudjan scrawled on it. His subsequent investigation and the kidnapping of a Japanese man interested in talking to him leads Tintin to a ship also called the Karaboudjan, where he is abducted by a syndicate of criminals who have been hiding opium in the crab tins.