Linda och Valentin Series by Pierre Christin, Jean-Claude Mézières, Évelyne Tran-Lê

3.72 · 159 ratings
  • O País Sem Estrelas (Linda och Valentin #1)
    #1

    O País Sem Estrelas (Linda och Valentin #1)

    Pierre Christin, Évelyne Tran-Lê

    Rated: 3.70 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 1972

    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.

  • Welcome to Alflolol (Linda och Valentin #2)
    #2

    Welcome to Alflolol (Linda och Valentin #2)

    Pierre Christin

    Rated: 3.78 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings · published 1972

    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...

  • Les Oiseaux du Maître (Linda och Valentin #3)
    #3

    Les Oiseaux du Maître (Linda och Valentin #3)

    Pierre Christin

    Rated: 3.73 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 1973

    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... more

  • L'Ambassadeur des Ombres (Linda och Valentin #4)
    #4

    L'Ambassadeur des Ombres (Linda och Valentin #4)

    Pierre Christin

    Rated: 3.97 of 5 stars
    · 11 ratings · published 1975

    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.

  • The Empire of a Thousand Planets (Linda och Valentin #5)
    #5

    The Empire of a Thousand Planets (Linda och Valentin #5)

    Pierre Christin

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 12 ratings · published 1971

    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…

  • On the False Earths (Linda och Valentin #6)
    #6

    On the False Earths (Linda och Valentin #6)

    Pierre Christin

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 1977

    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…

  • The City of Shifting Waters (Linda och Valentin #7)
    #7

    The City of Shifting Waters (Linda och Valentin #7)

    Pierre Christin

    Rated: 3.41 of 5 stars
    · 23 ratings · published 1970

    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.

  • Heroes of the Equinox (Linda och Valentin #8)
    #8

    Heroes of the Equinox (Linda och Valentin #8)

    Pierre Christin

    Rated: 3.92 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 1978

    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…

  • Châtelet Station, Destination Cassiopeia (Linda och Valentin #9)
    #9

    Châtelet Station, Destination Cassiopeia (Linda och Valentin #9)

    Pierre Christin

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 1980

    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?

  • Brooklyn Station, Terminus Cosmos (Linda och Valentin #10)
    #10

    Brooklyn Station, Terminus Cosmos (Linda och Valentin #10)

    Pierre Christin

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 1981

    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...

  • The Ghosts of Inverloch (Linda och Valentin #11)
    #11

    The Ghosts of Inverloch (Linda och Valentin #11)

    Pierre Christin

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 1984

    Spatio-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 .. more

  • The Wrath of Hypsis (Linda och Valentin #12)
    #12

    The Wrath of Hypsis (Linda och Valentin #12)

    Pierre Christin, Jean-Claude Mézières

    Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 1985

    The head of Galaxity s Spatio-Temporal Service himself has joined Valerian and Laureline at Inverloch Castle. There, among various human and alien allies, he explains to them the threat that looms over Earth: all of the recent incidents, all those important people gone mad and threatening to bring about the apocalypse... All of that is due to the malicious influence of the mysterious planet Hypsis. But Hypsis is a world that moves from system to system it ll need to be pinpointed first..."

  • Sur les frontières (Linda och Valentin #13)
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    Sur les frontières (Linda och Valentin #13)

    Pierre Christin, Jean-Claude Mézières

    Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 1988

    On an interstellar cruise ships, a mysterious individual in full environmental suit is working hard to get to Earth. On Earth, meanwhile, another person in a spacesuit is exploring a nuclear reactor on behalf of its owners. That second man is Valerian, and since the disappearance of Galaxity, he’s been forced to make a living by putting his advanced knowledge and equipment to good use. But what he’s discovered insidethe plant is extremely worrisome...

  • The Living Weapons (Linda och Valentin #14)
    #14

    The Living Weapons (Linda och Valentin #14)

    Pierre Christin

    Rated: 3.63 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 1990

    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?

  • The Circles of Power (Linda och Valentin #15)
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    The Circles of Power (Linda och Valentin #15)

    Pierre Christin, Jean-Claude Mézières

    Rated: 3.83 of 5 stars
    · 6 ratings · published 1994

    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?

  • Valerian et Laureline (english version) - Tome 16 - Hostages of Ultralum (Linda och Valentin #16)
    #16

    Valerian et Laureline (english version) - Tome 16 - Hostages of Ultralum (Linda och Valentin #16)

    Pierre Christin

    Rated: 3.75 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 1996

    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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