The Ghosts of Inverloch

I had always thought the Valérian agent spatio-temporel series comprised individual stories, but it seems there is a story-arc slowly beginning to appear. It’s not just that the previous two volumes, Métro Châtelet, Destination Cassiopeia and Brooklyn Station, Terminus Cosmos, formed a two-part story, nor that The Ghosts of Inverloch is also the first of a two-parter (with the yet-to-be-published-by-Cinebook The Wrath of Hypsis), but the story in The Ghosts of Inverloch does refer to the preceding two-parter and even to the first book in the series, The City of Shifting Waters. As it is the plot of The Ghosts of Inverloch is a bit on the thin side – Laureline is already in residence at the eponymous Scottish castle, but Valerian show more must first capture a Glapum’tian from the planet Glapum’t, which he manages to do within a couple of pages. He then heads – through time and space – to Inverloch Castle. Others are also making their way to the castle, including the head of the Spatio-Temporal Service, Valerian and Laureline’s boss… The reason why, unfortunately, is left to the following volume. Despite their episodic nature, the Valerian and Laureline series is superior space opera. And Luc Besson is making a film based based on it. I can’t wait. show less

England, 1985
Vi følger rumtidsagenterne Linda og Valentin, som er havnet på et lidt mærkeligt slot i Skotland. Meget af handlingen foregår i et nutidigt England, hvilket giver rige muligheder for en kærligt satirisk beskrivelse af englændere. Planeten Hypsis er vistnok involveret i problemer, som fx at alle jordens atomvåben er ude af kontrol. Shingouz'erne er også med i baggrunden.

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