Valerian - The Complete Collection - Volume 4

Fourth volume of the collection: return to Earth, and some great upheavals in
the characters’ lives, are on the menu for the best titles of the series. This
volume contains books 9 to 12 – two unmissable two-parters that represent a
turning point in the story of our agents, and which are widely considered by
critics and readers alike to be the pinnacle of the series. Characterised by a
return to 20th century Earth, these two stories are suffused with incredible
melancholy and poetic charm, and force Valerian, the action man, to face his
limitations. As the real date neared 1986, final year of our world according
to the authors, Pierre Christin reconciled fiction and reality with consummate
skill and daring, sweeping aside the status quo and sending his heroes down a
completely new path. This book is introduced by several articles of the
recently departed Stan Barets.