The Strange Encounter

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The Strange Encounter (L'Étrange Rendez-Vous)
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Date	2001
Series	Blake and Mortimer
Creative team
Writer(s)	Jean Van Hamme
Artist(s)	Ted Benoit
Original publication
Language	French
Chronology
Preceded by	The Voronov Plot
Followed by	The Sarcophagi of the Sixth Continent, Volume 1: The Universal Threat

The Strange Encounter is the fifteenth Blake and Mortimer book in the series.

[edit] Plot

October 1777: a small troop of routed British soldiers wanders through the thick forests of the Adirondacks mountains. Hunted by the Native Americans and revolutionary troops, they are led by Scottish Major Lachlan Macquarrie. As they settle for the night one evening in a lone clearing, mysterious light beams are observed. As Macquarrie goes forth to investigate, the three light beams converge on Macquarrie and he vanishes into thin air. The rest of the group is then slaughtered by the revolutionary forces except for the solewitness of Macquarrie's disappearance. Upon returning to England, the witness is disbelieved, Macquarrie is branded a deserter and his family lives out in poverty for the rest of their lives.

177 years later, the body of Lachlan Macquarrie suddenly appears in Colorado. An eyewitness claims the body suddenly appeared following 3 strange colored beams of light matching the description of the disbelieved witness.. Philip Mortimer, one of Macquarrie's descendants, is called in to investigate. Eventually this leads to confrontations with black-clad men armed with green rays, the shocking return of an old enemy, incredible revelations, and a fight for Humanity's future.

v • d • e Blake and Mortimer by Edgar P. Jacobs Authors/Drawers Edgar P. Jacobs • Bob de Moor • Jean Van Hamme • Ted Benôit • Yves Sente • André Juillard • René Sterne The Series The Secret of the Swordfish (1950-1953) • The Mystery of the Great Pyramid, Volume 1: Manetho's Papyrus (1954) • The Mystery of the Great Pyramid Volume 2: The Chamber of Horus (1955) • The Yellow "M" (1956) • Atlantis Mystery (1957) • S.O.S. Meteors: Mortimer in Paris (1959) • The Time Trap (1962) • The Necklace Affair (1967) • Professor Sató's Three Formulae, Volume 1: Mortimer in Tokyo (1971) • Professor Sató's Three Formulae, Volume 2: Mortimer vs. Mortimer (1990) • The Francis Blake Affair (1996) • The Voronov Plot (2000) • The Strange Encounter (2001) • The Sarcophagi of the Sixth Continent, Volume 1: The Universal Threat (2003) • The Sarcophagi of the Sixth Continent, Volume 2: Battle of the Minds (2004) • The Ngorongoro Shrine (2008) • The Curse of the Thirty Denarii (pending) Other Blake and Mortimer (TV series) • Le Rayon U • The Adventures of Tintin • Ligne claire