Suspense and disappointment in the relentless Caribbean sun: Telegram for Mecánico tells the intriguing story of an ordinary man in a fishing village in the Dominican Republic. His nickname is Mecánico because he is a mechanic. He has almost forgotten his real name, until one day he receives a strange telegram: he has to come to Malabacoa because his father is dying there. But his father drowned at sea thirty years ago. Curious, he travels to the remote mountain village of Malabacoa. There, a disconcerting experience awaits him that later, when he returns to his own village, will lead to a dramatic and violent denouement. Telegram for Mecánico is a novel about deceit and loss, an exciting and mysterious crime story and at the same time a poignant portrait of a lonely man in an unequal battle against the established order, the past and his own heart.

Noordtij is a novel about a grand and exciting adventure on board the polar ship Gerrit de Veer. The ship set sail from Newfoundland to the High North in the spring of 1882 for a scientific expedition. The Dutch scientists are well prepared and are accompanied by local sailors, including an ice shed and three eskimos with dog sleds. The journey goes to Ellesmere, an uninhabited, virtually unknown mountain and glacier covered area between Greenland and the North Pole. The crew faces sea storms, icebergs, bears and blinding snowdrifts. Unparalleled novel now in a mid-price edition When the Gerrit de Veer threatens to freeze in the pack ice, conflicts arise between the members of the expedition and the sailors, and they realize that the greatest danger lies not in nature, but in their own human shortcomings. When the polar night falls, mistrust, demoralization and tragic mistakes lead to a shocking denouement