23 книги
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The City of Shifting Waters Pierre Christin
ISBN: 978-1849180382, 1849180385 Год издания: 2010 Издательство: Cinebook Ltd Язык: Английский Galaxity, capital of the Terran Empire in the 28th century. Valerian and Laureline are agents who protect mankind from rogue time travellers. Now they are sent to New York in 1986 to intercept Galaxity's worst megalomaniac, Xombul-except that in 1986, the world is in ruins and New York is about to be swallowed by the ocean. The two agents must navigate the shifting waters of the past to make sure that the future will exist.
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Valérian: Les Mauvais rêves Pierre Christin
ISBN: 2205048805, 9782205048803 Год издания: 2000 Издательство: Dargaud Язык: Французский РазвернутьGalaxity, la Terre du xxive siècle, est une société de loisirs : hormis les technocrates qui assurent les tâches vitales, et les agents spatio-temporels qui veillent à la sécurité de ce monde, chacun passe son temps à rêver en réalité virtuelle. Xombul, le chef du service des Rêves, sabote tout le système et s'enfuit dans le temps : son but est de remplacer Galaxity "décadente" par un empire néo-médiéval et guerrier, qui "régénérerait" la race humaine. Valérian, envoyé à sa poursuite, se retrouve en l'An Mil, où Xombul convoite les secrets magiques de l'enchanteur Albéric. Au passage Laureline, jeune sauvageonne rusée, découvre…
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The Empire of a Thousand Planets Pierre Christin
ISBN: 1849180873, 978-1849180870 Год издания: 2011 Издательство: Cinebook Ltd Язык: Английский Valerian and Laureline are exploring Syrte, capital planet of a system of 1,000 worlds. Their mission is to discover whether the Syrtians could present a danger to Earth. What they find is a decaying empire led by decadent aristocrats, a population ripe for revolution, and a mysterious caste of masked wise men who discreetly pull the strings from hidden fortresses. Swept up by the winds of history, the agents of Earth will have to choose a side.
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The Land Without Stars Pierre Christin
ISBN: 1849181187, 978-1849181181 Год издания: 2012 Издательство: Cinebook Ltd Язык: Английский When a rogue planet threatens a new Human colony, Valerian and Laureline are sent to investigate and discover a barren, rocky surface… and a whole world beneath it! The people who live inside Zahir have never seen the stars. Divided along gender lines, torn by a senseless and bloody war, they are unaware that their planet is hurtling towards disaster. To stop it, the two agents of Galaxity will have to infiltrate both sides and force a reconciliation.
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Welcome to Alflolol Pierre Christin
ISBN: 1849181330, 978-1849181334 Год издания: 2013 Издательство: Cinebook Ltd Язык: Английский Technorog is a planet essential to the economy of the Terran empire. For 200 years, it has been a centre of industry, research and agriculture. Suddenly, the indigenous population—believed long extinct—comes back to the planet they know as Alflolol. Earth’s laws are strict: They must be allowed back on their ancestral grounds. But when Valerian and Laureline are assigned to facilitate their “reinsertion,” they see the difference between the letter of the law and its spirit...
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Birds of the Master Pierre Christin
ISBN: 1849181527, 978-1849181525 Год издания: 2013 Издательство: Cinebook Ltd Язык: Английский The most terrifying birds since Alfred Hitchcock’s! Valerian and Laureline’s ship has crash-landed on an uncharted planetoid. The two castaways quickly discover a vast ship cemetery, leading them to believe that their arrival was not an accident. Before long, they make contact with a population whose sole purpose seems to be to gather and produce food for a mysterious “Master.” The Terran agents aren’t going to be turned into slaves easily, but the Master enforces his will through his terrible agents: the Birds of Madness...
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Ambassador of the Shadows Pierre Christin
ISBN: 1849181780, 978-1849181785 Год издания: 2014 Издательство: Cinebook Ltd Язык: Английский Who threatens the diplomatic future of Earth? And who are the mysterious Shadows? Point Central is a multicultural space station that serves as a sort of United Nations to the galaxy. Tasked with protecting the new ambassador from Earth, Valerian is kidnapped alongside his charge in a lightning commando attack. It’s up to Laureline to do all the heavy lifting and slog through the seedy bowels of the station as she tries to locate and rescue them—and figure out who kidnapped them and why.
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On the False Earths Pierre Christin
ISBN: 184918190X, 978-1849181907 Год издания: 2014 Издательство: Cinebook Ltd Язык: Английский Valerian, shot to death in an Indian fortress. Valerian, dead in 19th century London. Valerian, gunned down in San Francisco's Chinatown… And Laureline, paired up with an unpleasantly arrogant historian from Galaxity, forced to witness every demise of the man she loves on a succession of re-enacted pieces of human history. A very strange case that will take the two spatio-temporal agents to the limits of their endurance as they hunt down the mysterious architect of the false Earths…
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Heroes of the Equinox Pierre Christin
ISBN: 1849182132, 978-1849182133 Год издания: 2015 Издательство: Cinebook Ltd Язык: Английский This time, it’s an official hero’s job for Valerian! Every 100 years or so, the infertile people of Simlanne send their champions to the sacred island of Filene, where the best among them, chosen via a series of tests, will find and bring back the next generation. This cycle, though, the local heroes seem to fail repeatedly, and the aging Simlannians have sent for heroes from other worlds. Valerian, chosen to represent Earth, will have to overcome the tests and his competitors in a dangerous odyssey…
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Châtelet Station, Destination Cassiopeia Pierre Christin
ISBN: 1849182442, 978-1849182447 Год издания: 2015 Издательство: Cinebook Ltd Язык: Английский A difficult investigation across space and time. Our two spatio-temporal agents are on a new mission, but this time the duo is split up. While Laureline flies solo from planet to planet, on the trail of arms dealers and forbidden technologies, Valerian is on 20th century Earth, teamed up with the eccentric Mr Albert. And he, too, is hunting down technologies incompatible with the era. What is the link between the two cases, separated as they are by centuries and light-years?
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Brooklyn Line, Terminus Cosmos Pierre Christin
ISBN: 1849182639, 978-1849182638 Год издания: 2015 Издательство: Cinebook Ltd Язык: Английский On Earth and in space, in the past and the future, greed and the thirst for power place Mankind in immediate danger. The two Galaxity agents’ investigation into the elemental forces appearing on Earth continues. While Laureline, dogged and efficient, follows a promising lead somewhere in outer space, Valerian is struggling to unravel the mysterious events plaguing our 20th century. Demonstrations of fantastic phenomena follow in quick succession, pushing poor Valerian to his limits. And matters will have to be settled simultaneously in New York and on an asteroid on the edge of the galaxy to save our world...
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The Ghosts of Inverloch Pierre Christin
ISBN: 1849182930, 978-1849182935 Год издания: 2016 Издательство: Cinebook Ltd Язык: Английский РазвернутьSpatio-temporal agents must preserve Earth’s future, always. But is it still possible? Galaxity’s orders are rather bizarre, lately. Laureline has been left on stand-by in a Scottish castle. Valerian, haunted by recurrent nightmares, has been sent to capture a sentient being as if it were a wild animal – an unsavoury task, to say the least. And on Earth in the 1980s, members of the military and political elites are descending into madness one by one. What future does our planet still have ... and who’s so bent of changing it? Two agents of 24th century Earth patrol space and time to safeguard both the planet’s future and its past.…
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The Wrath of Hypsis Pierre Christin
ISBN: 184918304X, 978-1849183048 Год издания: 2016 Издательство: Cinebook Ltd Язык: Английский The head of Galaxity's Spatio-TemporalService himself has joined Valerian and Laureline at Inverloch Castle. There,among various human and alien allies, he explains to them the threat that loomsover Earth: all of the recent incidents, all those important people gone madand threatening to bring about the apocalypse... All of that is due to themalicious influence of the mysterious planet Hypsis. But Hypsis is a world thatmoves from system to system – it'll need to be pinpointed first...
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On the Frontiers Pierre Christin
ISBN: 1849183120, 978-1849183123 Год издания: 2016 Издательство: Cinebook Ltd Язык: Английский On an interstellar cruise ships, a mysterious individual in fullenvironmental suit is working hard to get to Earth. On Earth, meanwhile,another person in a spacesuit is exploring a nuclear reactor on behalf of itsowners. That second man is Valerian, and since the disappearance of Galaxity,he's been forced to make a living by putting his advanced knowledge andequipment to good use. But what he's discovered inside the plant is extremely worrisome...
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The Living Weapons Pierre Christin
ISBN: 1849183198, 978-1849183192 Год издания: 2017 Издательство: Cinebook Ltd Язык: Английский Valerian and Laureline, no longer members of any organization, are down to doing space deliveries. With Galaxity gone and money getting scarce, their aging spaceship is becoming a hazard, which is pushing Valerian into accepting questionable cargo. After a somewhat rough landing, our two ex-agents, on their way to deliver their goods, meet some individuals with very surprising gifts who claim to be itinerant artists. But is that really all they are?
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The Circles of Power Pierre Christin
ISBN: 1849183260, 978-1849183260 Год издания: 2017 Издательство: Cinebook Ltd Язык: Английский Broke, without a job, their ship almost a scrap heap, Valerian and Laureline are stuck on Rubanis, unable to pay for repairs. So when a trio of old acquaintances introduces them to the head of the local police, who is looking for independent agents for a risky – but well-paid – mission, they accept readily enough. But Rubanis is the most corrupt planet in the entire galaxy. How are they to find out who really holds the reins of power there?
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Hostages of Ultralum Pierre Christin
ISBN: 1849183295, 978-1849183291 Год издания: 2017 Издательство: Cinebook Ltd Язык: Английский Valerian and Laureline take a break from adventuring and go on a cruise, but Valerian feels uncomfortable among the idle and the powerful. He's not bored for long, though, because when a quartet of mercenaries board the cruise ship to kidnap the son of the Caliph of Iksaladam, they end up taking Laureline as well. With the almighty Caliph offering a massive reward for his son's return, Valerian's quest to rescue his girl is suddenly hindered by every bounty hunter in the galaxy…
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Orphan of the Stars Pierre Christin
ISBN: 1849183317, 978-1849183314 Год издания: 2017 Издательство: Cinebook Ltd Язык: Английский Running away with the unhappy heir to the galaxy's biggest fortune, even if it's because he wants it, is bound to cause some problems. On the lam with the Caliphette of Iksaladam, Valerian and Laureline are relentlessly pursued by the Quatuor Mortis, who are still after the enormous reward offered for the child's safe return. Stranded among the Asteroids of Shimballil, they must evade the hunters, recover their ship, dodge profiteers and traitors … and decide what to do with the little brat!
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In Uncertain Times Pierre Christin
ISBN: 1849183333, 978-1849183338 Год издания: 2017 Издательство: Cinebook Ltd Язык: Английский The (false?) gods of Hypsis are once again interfering with Human history. Tired of their lower status among their peers, the trinity in charge of planet Earth opens communications with megacorporation Vivaxis at the end of the 20th century – an occurrence Valerian and Laureline's allies report to the two ex-agents. But to what end did the Hypsians initiate such a contact? And who is the mysterious Sat who, from the depths of Point Central, also endeavours to meddle with Human affairs?
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At the Edge of the Great Void Pierre Christin
ISBN: 1849183341, 978-1849183345 Год издания: 2018 Издательство: Cinebook Ltd Язык: Английский Somewhere at the edge of known space is the Great Void. That inscrutable, shapeless, ever-changing place is where the expanding universe springs forth, where new planets and new life forms are created. It's also, according to the gods of Hypsis, the place where Galaxity's Earth was sent and is being kept prisoner. Valerian and Laureline begin a discreet investigation, but it doesn't take long before they start finding obstacles in their path, placed by the rulers of Rubanis – and their mysterious master...
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The Order of the Stones Pierre Christin
ISBN: 1849183368, 978-1849183369 Год издания: 2018 Издательство: Cinebook Ltd Язык: Английский The expedition into the heart of the Great Void is launched, and Valerian and Laureline are on it. But in no time they’re already facing the mysterious force that threatens the entire galaxy: the Wolochs, gigantic sentient monoliths dead set on destroying any civilisation that might stand in the way of their domination. Our two Human agents can’t hope to stop the Order of the Stones by themselves, but fortunately, they still have allies...
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The Time Opener Pierre Christin
ISBN: 1849183376, 978-1849183376 Год издания: 2018 Издательство: Cinebook Ltd Язык: Английский The evil hordes of the Wolochs are rampaging through space, and everywhere death and destruction follow. But despite the despair of some and the betrayal of others, Valerian, Laureline and a few other brave souls are resisting. They're hoping to use a mysterious artefact, the Time Opener, to banish the stones and bring back Earth. But what price must they pay to do so? And what sort of Earth will they get back if they succeed?
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Memories from the Future Pierre Christin
Год издания: 2017 Издательство: Europe Comics Язык: Английский РазвернутьMemories From the Futures, 22nd volume of the series ‘Valerian and Laureline,' is a superb homage to a saga that has turned upside-down both our vision of the future and the role of women in comics. The saga had come to a close in the previous volume with a temporal loop to which only the authors hold the key. In this new volume, authors Pierre Christin and Jean-Claude Mézières play the role of intergalactic tourists, revisiting some of their heroes' most remarkable adventures. In addition to adding a few sublime pages to Alflolol, they return to Central Point, as well as taking us back to a time when Laureline, a wild young woman, had yet…
