Survival

Humans have a natural tendency to try to survive, and several characters of this series of novels have to decide between trying to survive an immediate disaster or working toward the survival of their world. That conflict is one of the literary devices seen in this novel, and it is used to create suspense.

Valerian and the Superintendent are from Galaxity, where the Spatio-Temporal Agency is based. As Galaxity begins to disappear, so do everyone and everything that they know. Based on the historical documents that exist in their normal lifetimes, far in Earth's future, they know that a nuclear event in the polar region killed millions of people and prompted the creation of Galaxity and the Spatio-Temporal Agency. When they find themselves in the polar region with the nuclear disaster about to happen, they are faced with a horrible decision. They can choose to allow...