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Rogier van Kappel

    Last man standing
    Star Trek The Next Generation - 4: De overlevenden
    Stone Cold
    Tom Clancy's Op-Center - 8: Gevarenzone
    De crisis van het mondiale kapitalisme
    The veteran
    • Het Begin van Alles

      een Nieuwe Geschiedenis van de Mensheid

      • 656pages
      • 23 heures de lecture
      Het Begin van Alles2022
      3,7
    • The Second Sleep

      • 432pages
      • 16 heures de lecture

      All civilisations think they are invulnerable. History warns us none is. 1468. A young priest, Christopher Fairfax, arrives in a remote Exmoor village to conduct the funeral of his predecessor. The land around is strewn with ancient artefacts – coins, fragments of glass, human bones – which the old parson used to collect. Did his obsession with the past lead to his death? As Fairfax is drawn more deeply into the isolated community, everything he believes – about himself, his faith and the history of his world – is tested to destruction.

      The Second Sleep2019
      3,5
    • Munich

      • 448pages
      • 16 heures de lecture

      FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF FATHERLAND, CONCLAVE AND AN OFFICER AND A SPY. September 1938 Hitler is determined to start a war. Chamberlain is desperate to preserve the peace. The issue is to be decided in a city that will forever afterwards be notorious for what takes place there. Munich. As Chamberlain's plane judders over the Channel and the Führer's train steams relentlessly south from Berlin, two young men travel with secrets of their own. Hugh Legat is one of Chamberlain's private secretaries; Paul Hartmann a German diplomat and member of the anti-Hitler resistance. Great friends at Oxford before Hitler came to power, they haven't seen one another since they were last in Munich six years earlier. Now, as the future of Europe hangs in the balance, their paths are destined to cross again. When the stakes are this high, who are you willing to betray? Your friends, your family, your country or your conscience? Imperium, the acclaimed play cycle based on Robert Harris's Cicero novels, is running in the West End in summer 2018 - tickets now on sale!

      Munich2017
      3,7
    • Le remède mortel

      • 383pages
      • 14 heures de lecture

      Thomas sait qu'on ne peut pas faire confiance à Wicked. Pourtant, ils prétendent que le temps des mensonges est révolu. Il leur faut désormais s'appuyer sur les Blocards, de nouveau en possession de tous leurs souvenirs, pour achever leur mission : compléter le projet de Cure... Ce que Wicked ignore, c'est qu'il est arrivé quelque chose que ni Epreuve ni Variable ne pourrait avoir prévu : Thomas a conservé bien plus de souvenirs qu'il ne l'aurait fallu, et il sait désormais qu'il ne peut pas faire confiance à leur propagande... Les mensonges sont finis, mais la vérité pourrait bien être fatale à ceux qui s'en approchent de trop près. Y aura-t-il des survivants à la Cure Mortelle?

      Le remède mortel2015
      3,8
    • Zwarte Beertjes - 3499: De laatste man

      • 543pages
      • 20 heures de lecture

      Een FBI-agent ontdekt dat de schietpartij waarbij zijn team is uitgemoord, te maken heeft met een jaren eerder mislukte reddingsoperatie.

      Zwarte Beertjes - 3499: De laatste man2011
    • L'inspecteur Wexford soupçonne Eric Targo, dont la femme a été étranglée. Bien qu'aucune condamnation n'ait eu lieu, une autre femme a subi le même sort. Des années plus tard, Wexford se retrouve à nouveau face à Targo.

      Mon plus vieil ennemi2011
      3,3
    • De akkers van Pandora

      • 317pages
      • 12 heures de lecture

      Terrorisme, pandemieën en klimaatverandering – wat is de overeenkomst tussen deze drie? Voor het antwoord op deze vraag moeten we maar liefst tienduizend jaar terug, naar de eerste akkers in het Westen waar graan werd verbouwd en naar de vroegste rijstplantages in het Oosten. Vanaf dat moment is de manier waarop onze soort leeft radicaal veranderd. Spencer Wells neemt ons mee in de geschiedenis van de laatste tienduizend jaar. Hij laat zien hoe Homo agriculturus zich ontwikkelde, wat de gevolgen zijn van onze nieuwe levenswijze en hij speculeert over wat ons nog te wachten staat.

      De akkers van Pandora2010
      3,2
    • Portobello

      • 408pages
      • 15 heures de lecture

      Eugene Wren, galeriste londonien repute, ramasse un jour, par hasard, une enveloppe pleine de billets de banque. Au lieu de la remettre a la police, son gout du secret l'amene a coller une affichette pres de sa maison dans le quartier de Portobello. Cette annonce anodine en apparence, qu'Eugene cache a sa fiancee, en meme temps que ses autres obsessions, va declencher une succession d'evenements incontrolables: vol, incendie criminel, meurtre... Des individus de milieux tres varies, guides par le desir et l'appat du gain, vont etre entraines malgre eux dans le tourbillon trepidant de Portobello Road.

      Portobello2009
      3,0
    • A powerful defense contractor, a reluctant intelligence agent, and an ambitious journalist race to contain and control an international crisis that could destroy the world in this #1 New York Times bestselling thriller. "Dick, I need a war." Nicolas Creel is a man on a mission. He heads up the world's largest defense contractor, The Ares Corporation. Dick Pender is the man Creel retains to "perception manage" his company to even more riches by manipulating international conflicts. But Creel may have an even grander plan in mind. Shaw, a man with no first name and a truly unique past, has a different agenda. Reluctantly doing the bidding of a secret multi-national intelligence agency, he travels the globe to keep it safe and at peace. Desperate to get back to the top of her profession, Katie James gets the break of a lifetime: the chance to interview the sole survivor of a massacre that has left every nation stunned. In David Baldacci's first international thriller, these characters face a catastrophic threat that could change the world as we know it.

      The Whole Truth2008
      4,0
    • Rising Phoenix

      • 384pages
      • 14 heures de lecture

      Special Agent Mark Beamon is a maverick. His open disdain for the FBI's rules - and Directors - has exiled him to a no-profile post in the boondocks. But when a shadowy right-wing group starts flooding America's emergency rooms with dead and dying, Beamon is summoned back to Washington. Teamed with an icily efficient female field agent, he is given the thankless task of stopping the slaughter--even though millions of Americans secretly approve of it. As the body count rises, Beamon realizes there is something eerily familiar about his adversary, reminding him of the coldest killer he ever encountered - not a criminal but a law enforcement colleague. And for the first time, he wonders why he was chosen for this assignment. Was it his expertise - or his expendability?

      Rising Phoenix2008
      3,6
    • A razor-sharp story of revenge, conspiracy, and murder... Oliver Stone and the Camel Club are back for their most dangerous adventure yet. Casino king and vicious thug Jerry Bagger is hunting Annabelle Conroy, who conned him out of millions. Stone and his colleagues must marshal all their resources to protect her. Yet their skills may not be enough when a deadly new opponent rips off the veneer of Stone's own mysterious past: Bagger's menace pales next to Harry Finn's lethality. As bodies and institutions topple, the story rockets toward a shattering finale that will leave the survivors of this explosive tale changed forever...

      Stone Cold2007
      4,1
    • The Camel Club

      • 596pages
      • 21 heures de lecture

      The Camel Club is a four-man group of Washington, D.C. misfits, that meet weekly to discuss political conspiracies they believe exist and what actions they might take. One night club members witness the murder of Secret Service employee Patrick Johnson, thus thrusting the wacky crew into the middle of a bigger conspiracy than they could ever have imagined.

      The Camel Club2005
      4,0
    • The Icon

      • 368pages
      • 13 heures de lecture

      A religious icon thought to have been destroyed during World War II reappears in contemporary New York in this debut thriller that blends faith, art, history, and suspense.

      The Icon2005
      2,9
    • Hour Game

      • 400pages
      • 14 heures de lecture

      Baldacci's #1 "New York Times" bestseller brings back Sean King and Michelle Maxwell--the unstoppable duo from "Split Second"--on the trails of two diabolical killers, one of whom is copying the other--and stealing the "credit."

      Hour Game2004
      4,0
    • Zanzibar

      • 400pages
      • 14 heures de lecture

      A gripping terrorist thriller from the award-winning author of THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND

      Zanzibar2003
      3,3
    • Two Secret Service agents sworn to guard their protectees lost them in a single moment...and in this #1 New York Times bestseller, they're about to learn that the violence has just begun. Michelle Maxwell has just wrecked her promising career at the Secret Service. Against her instincts, she let a presidential candidate out of her sight for the briefest moment and the man whose safety was her responsibility vanished into thin air. Sean King knows how the younger agent feels. Eight years earlier, the hard-charging Secret Service agent allowed his attention to be diverted for a split second. And the candidate he was protecting was gunned down before his eyes. Now Michelle and Sean are about to see their destinies converge. Drawn into a maze of lies, secrets, and deadly coincidences, the two discredited agents uncover a shocking truth: that the separate acts of violence that shattered their lives were really a long time in the making--and are a long way from over

      Split Second2003
      4,0
    • The sole survivor of a devastating ambush, FBI Hostage Rescue Team agent Web London would do anything to find out what really happened that night--and a ten year old boy may be the unexpected key in this #1 New York Times bestselling thriller. Web London was trained to penetrate hostile ground and come out alive. Then ten seconds in a dark alley cost him everything: his friends, his fellow agents, his reputation. Among his super-elite FBI Hostage Rescue Team, Web was the sole survivor of a high-tech, devastating ambush. Now Web is trying to put his life back together and understand what really happened. To get answers, he'll need the help of psychiatrist Claire Daniels and the one other human being who lived through the attack--a ten-year-old boy. But when his search leads him back to that bloodstained alley, Web suddenly realizes he is about to face his assassin again. And this time, one of them will become the Last Man Standing.

      Last man standing2002
      4,1
    • Tom Clancy's Op-Center - 8: Gevarenzone

      • 366pages
      • 13 heures de lecture

      Wanneer - waar dan ook ter wereld - een conflict dreigt uit te groeien tot een wereldcrisis, komt Op-Center in actie. Onder zenuwslopende omstandigheden coordineert directeur Paul Hood de interactie tussen het computercentrum en het veldteam. Militaire bliksemacties ter plekke, geregisseerd door de meest geavanceerde computertechnologie ter wereld.

      Tom Clancy's Op-Center - 8: Gevarenzone2001
      3,8
    • Op-Center - 6: Vuurlinie

      Technothriller

      • 272pages
      • 10 heures de lecture

      Wanneer - waar dan ook ter wereld - een conflict dreigt uit te groeien tot een wereldcrisis, komt Op-Center in actie. Onder zenuwslopende omstandigheden coördineert directeur Paul Hood de interactie tussen het computercentrum en het veldteam. Militaire bliksemacties ter plekke, geregistreerd door de meest geavanceerde computertechnologie ter wereld.

      Op-Center - 6: Vuurlinie2001
      3,3
    • Une femme sous contrôle

      • 571pages
      • 20 heures de lecture

      Le jour où son mari Jason, as de l'informatique chez Triton Global, disparaît dans un accident d'avion, l'univers de Sidney - brillante avocate d'affaires - s'effondre. Peu après, les dirigeants de Triton et les autorités affirment que Jason a dérobé des documents importants, que l'explosion de l'avion n'est pas un accident et qu'à pourrait même être l'auteur du terrible attentat. Sidney ne peut admettre que l'on salisse ainsi la mémoire de son mari tant aimé. Mue par un fol espoir -Jason est peut-être vivant - et par la certitude qu'il est innocent !, Sidney décide de mener sa propre enquête. Dès lors, les mâchoires d'un piège redoutable se referment sur elle...

      Une femme sous contrôle2001
      4,1
    • The veteran

      And other stories

      The five stories that comprise this collection move from World War Two to the Battle of the Little Big Horn, embracing customs and excise drug apprehension, espionage and miraculous events in war-torn Italy

      The veteran2001
      4,4
    • De erfenis

      • 314pages
      • 11 heures de lecture

      Enkele vellen uit het dagboek van Sir Frances Drake (ca. 1543-1596) zijn de aanleiding tot een speurtocht door San Francisco die geplaveid wordt door moord en geweld.

      De erfenis2000
    • The year is 2001, and American businessman Roger Gordian has extended his reach into space. His company has become the principal contractor in the design and manufacture of Orion, a multinational space station. But the launch of a shuttle carrying parts for the station is sabotaged. Mysterious guerrilla attacks occur at the manufacturing facilities in Brazil and Kazakhstan. And Gordian's deepest fears are confirmed... The Orion project has been targeted by an international terrorist whose criminal enterprises thrive on violence and political instability. Harlan De Vane's goal is to cripple Gordian's intelligence and security tean, while stowing a high-powered electromagnetic pulse generator aboard Orion--a state-of-the-art weapon with the capacity to throw every major American city into chaos...

      Shadow Watch2000
      3,5
    • The Overseer

      • 429pages
      • 16 heures de lecture

      Imagine a document so brilliant, so diabolical, that it could serve as a blueprint for world takeover. Would it be the most thrilling thing you'd ever read or the most terrifying?A blueprint for world domination whose cynicism goes a chilling step beyond Machiavelli, this document--in the wrong hands--could bring about the downfall of the free world.It is in the wrong hands...

      The Overseer1998
      3,2
    • The Captain's Honor

      • 255pages
      • 9 heures de lecture

      When the Starships Enterprise and Centurion come to the aid of the planet Tenara, the two captains disagree on a plan of action. Later it seems only extreme measures can save Tenara.

      The Captain's Honor1997
      3,3
    • Treva was altijd een geïsoleerde menselijke kolonie in de ruimte, maar nu lijkt het erop dat de kolonie deel gaat uitmaken van de interstellaire gemeenschap - een volwaardig lid van de Federatie. Maar de Enterprise heeft een noodsignaal van Treva opgevangen - ze worden bedreigd door een revolutie, geleid door een genadeloze man die in naam van de vrijheid al talloze wreedheden heeft begaan. Data en Tasha Yar worden op onderzoek gestuurd. Eenmaal op Treva worden ze tegen wil en dank pionnen in de strijd. De president van Treva eist wapens - en die wil ze ten koste van alles bemachtigen. Desnoods is ze bereid daarvoor Data en Yar te offeren...

      Star Trek The Next Generation - 4: De overlevenden1996
      3,4
    • Kind van oneindigheid

      • 317pages
      • 12 heures de lecture

      In a small bio-tech lab, a group of scientists have uncovered the secret to longevity in one family's genetic code. But they are missing one crucial factor: a living tissue sample from a newborn who possesses the coveted "infinity gene." With time and money running out, the researchers will stop at nothing to get their hands on the infant whose genetic makeup is worth billions. Sally Benedict, editor of a small-town newspaper, is thrilled to be pregnant - until a series of grave robberies turns her world upside down. When Sally uncovers a link between the grave robberies, herself, and her unborn child, she knows that there is no one she can trust - not her family doctor, not her obstetrician, not anyone in the medical profession.

      Kind van oneindigheid1996
      3,0
    • Duivelspoort

      • 363pages
      • 13 heures de lecture

      Een Amerikaanse huursoldaat belandt met zijn ex en zijn toekomstige vriendin in San Salvador, waar een staatsgreep en moord op een democratische president worden voorbereid.

      Duivelspoort1995
    • Op-Center

      • 466pages
      • 17 heures de lecture

      L'existence d'Op-Center est très confidentielle. Il s'agit d'une nouvelle agence chargée d'assurer la sécurité des Etats-Unis et d'intervenir quand les instruments diplomatiques ou militaires et les services secrets ont échoué à éviter une crise internationale. Suite à un attentat survenu à Séoul, l'agence est confrontée à une situation qui pourrait bien déclencher la guerre entre les deux Corées et déstabiliser par ses répercussions l'ordre mondial. Pour éviter le conflit, elle devra mobiliser toutes ses ressources qui vont des outils technologiques les plus performants aux agents d'exceptions, rompus aux actions de terrain comme à la conception de stratégies d'intervention des plus audacieuses. Avec ce roman, Tom Clancy signe le premier opus d'une série qui met en scène une agence très secrète aux prises avec les crises internationales les plus aiguës. Au réalisme des évènements, il ajoute une imagination sans limites qui a fait la réputation de ses thrillers technologiques, comme Code SNN.

      Op-Center1995
      3,9
    • Goudkoorts

      • 249pages
      • 9 heures de lecture

      Een ex-geheimagent doet een onderzoek naar een op mysterieuze wijze bij Cuba gezonken zeiljacht.

      Goudkoorts1993