Van Hamme Jean

Nerio Winch a enfin remis la main sur les champs pétrolifères autrefois concédés par Milan Winczlav aux Cherokees. La première marche vers une fulgurante ascension, qui lui permettra de faire taire les sarcasmes sur sa petite taille. Aidé par Sid, son frère de lait noir, Nerio ne reculera devant rien, pas même l'illégalité... Pendant ce temps, Jovan et Aliana Winczlav, jeunes parents installés au Montenegro, s'apprêtent à subir les foudres de...

Oklahoma, 1910. La vie de Thomas Winczlav, fils de Milan, prend un tournant radical lorsqu'il se découvre héritier des richissimes Whiskies O'Casey, qu'il va devoir partager avec sa sœur jumelle, Lisa... Alors que la Première Guerre mondiale éclate, Thomas - parfois crédule et souvent volage - va tenter de faire fructifier son affaire, adoptant le nom de « Winch ». Pendant ce temps, Lisa, femme libre passionnée d'aviation, va se tailler sa...

La trilogie qui révèle comment s'est bâtie la fortune dont Largo Winch est devenu l'héritier à travers trois générations.Dans ce préquel, Jean Van Hamme est de retour au scénario de sa série culte. Il imagine une saga familiale qui révèle sur trois générations et en trois tomes les origines de la fortune de Nerio Winch, dont Largo est l'héritier et le fils adoptif. Entre amour et action, une lignée emportée dans l'histoire de l'Amérique...

Zeven korte verhalen geschreven door Van Hamme en tot leven gebracht door zeven van de beste tekentalenten van dit moment! Een schrijver van detectiveverhalen wiens personages hem verraden. Een moordenaar op de vlucht in een parachutistenclub. Een scriptschrijver die zich het waanzinnige liefdesverhaal dat hemzelf overkomt, niet had kunnen voorstellen. Een handelaar in pillen die de tijd stilzetten. Of een koppelaarster uit de belle époque...

Een straffe Largo Winch prequel in drie delen! Nerio Winch kreeg eindelijk de olievelden in handen die Milan Winczlav ooit aan de Cherokees had afgestaan. De eerste stap naar een razendsnelle opkomst, waarmee hij het sarcasme over zijn kleine gestalte het zwijgen oplegt. Samen met Sid, zijn zwarte broer, deinst Nerio nergens voor terug, zelfs niet voor illegale praktijken... Ondertussen staan Jovan en Aliana Winczlav, jonge ouders die in...

Lady S et Anton vivent cachés dans un cottage, en Angleterre. Repérés par leurs poursuivants, ils sont de nouveau obligés de fuir. Traqués par les services secrets français, des mafieux russes et le redoutable Colonel, ils sont conduits par les services secrets anglais dans les îles Scilly, au large des côtes britanniques. Ils trouvent refuge dans le château de Lord Whippendale, ancien patron du SIS. Mais ce refuge s'avère tout relatif : c'est...

Piégée dans les filets du Colonel, Lady S va tout perdre... jusqu'à son existence légale. Jetée en prison à l'issue de la désastreuse mission que lui avait imposée le Colonel, Lady S attend son procès pour mettre en cause les vrais coupables du drame. Le "sort" en décide autrement : à la stupéfaction de tous, Lady S se tue à la veille de comparaître. Officiellement morte, elle se réveille pourtant en un lieu inconnu... Un piège terrible s'est...

Piégée par la police française, Lady S accepte la mission que lui impose l'énigmatique Colonel en échange de sa liberté, quitte à risquer sa vie et celle d'Anton. En se faisant passer pour Liouba Dobrovna, une tueuse de la mafia russe chargée de porter une mallette de diamants à l'un des parrains de la mafia corse, Lady S met le doigt dans un engrenage dont elle ne sortira pas indemne.Rattrapée par la vie de dangers qui est la sienne, elle...

Une nouvelle aventure de Lady S. rythmée et documentée, qui plonge ses racines dans les arcanes de la géopolitique contemporaine Lady S., alias Shania, mène la vie sans histoire d'une interprète estonienne au Parlement de Strasbourg. Un imprévu l'oblige à partir à Lisbonne, sur ordre de la CIA. Une surprise de taille l'y attend. Mais ce qu'elle ne sait pas, c'est qu'en quittant Strasbourg, elle a emporté un CD-Rom aux données explosives, qui...

Scandale à la Maison Blanche ! Washington DC, en pleine course à l'investiture pour la présidentielle américaine. Un dossier top secret estampillé par le bureau ovale est retrouvé près du corps sans vie du chauffeur de l'ambassade de Russie. À quelques jours d'un sommet américano-russe, la présence dudit dossier à cet endroit incongru laisse penser qu'une taupe s'est infiltrée à la Maison Blanche. Il n'en faut pas plus pour que le passé de...

Les Américains s'étant donné pour mission de protéger le monde libre, ils entendent tout savoir sur tout. Aussi la C.I.A. est-elle colère de ne pas en savoir davantage sur le C.I.R.C.A.T., un centre européen qui tenterait de déjouer les menaces terroristes sur le Vieux Continent. Croyant savoir que Lady S est une recrue occasionnelle du mystérieux centre, la C.I.A. décide de faire enlever son père adoptif, dans l'espoir que la jeune héroïne...

Un passé de plus en plus lourd à porter...C'est l'hiver à Stockholm. Suzan y séjourne avec son père adoptif, ambassadeur itinérant en mission de remplacement de quelques semaines dans la capitale suédoise. Suzan y trouve le temps long ; mise à part la toute prochaine cérémonie des Nobel, les distractions y sont inexistantes et les nuits interminables. Mais très vite, de vieilles connaissances viennent se rappeler à son (mauvais) souvenir....

Son passé la hantera-t-elle à jamais? Lady S se remémore son arrivée inopinée chez les Fitzroy pour leur restituer les bijoux volés il y a quelques années. Pour seul bagage, elle n'avait que ses18 ans et un énorme poids sur la conscience : le suicide d'une femme qu'on avait accusée à tort, qu'on avait accusée à sa place... Shania avait décidé de stopper net cette vie de misérable... Un conte de fée a suivi : Shania, devenue Suzan, travaille à...

Fille adoptive et principale collaboratrice de James Fitzroy, ambassadeur itinérant, envoyé spécial du secrétaire d'État américain en Europe, Suzan est une jeune femme intelligente et multilingue, épanouie et parfaitement heureuse auprès d'un père attentionné. Mais ce bonheur trop parfait cache bien des failles, bien des douleurs et bien des mystères. Rattrapée par son passé, Suzan n'aura désormais d'autre choix que de jouer le rôle le plus...

XIII and his friends have failed to recover Maximilian’s gold and are tired of hiding, running and struggling. When two books come out in the USA relating all the events of the amnesiac’s life and the details of the Conspiracy of the XX, they see it as a possible chance to come out in the open and trust in their country’s justice. But they still have enemies, at home and abroad, and everyone is set on a collision course...

Little by little, XIII has reconstructed most of his life and figured out who he is. With one exception: There is still a gap in his college years, when Jason McLane became Kelly Brian. A gap that may mean the amnesiac adventurer is in fact an Irish terrorist, Seamus O'Neil. This flashback brings us back to Boulder, Colorado, and before that to Northern Ireland, to reveal the last piece of the XIII puzzle, and his final identity.

XIII and his friends, still in hiding from the NSA, now have the riddle from all three silver watches… and Maximilian’s gold is within their reach. But the treasure is well hidden. Not to mention that $15 million is enough to attract a lot of unwanted attention. Meanwhile, in Washington, an increasingly desperate Frank Giordino can feel the noose tightening around his neck—and men are at their most dangerous when desperate. All he needs is...

Arrested by the Costaverdean authorities because of pressure from the US, XIII and his friends are awaiting their extradition. Instead, they’re freed by Costaverdean troops in disguise. But they can’t afford to stick around, as they’re still on the run from the most powerful nation on Earth. Desperate for money, McLane decides to go after Maximilian’s gold, as Mullway believes he’s found the location of the third silver watch. The problem is...

Having escaped from the clutches of Irina’s organisation, XIII is on the loose in America but still hunted by both Giordino’s NSA and Irina’s top assassin, Jessica. As he tries to return to his friends in San Miguel, he’s forced to dodge bullets and outsmart various traps and ambushes. With the odds stacked against him, he will have to rely on help from an enemy and his own mounting anger at the constant string of attacks.

The Mongoose is dead. So is Number I. But, since he was the President of the United States, XIII’s friends are all on the run again. McLane, though, has been arrested, and he’s being judged in secret by the heads of the American intelligence community. Sentenced to life in a secret prison, he has no illusions that he’ll ever reach it. The ruthlessness of the NSA Director proves him right—but he’s not the only one who wants XIII dead.

Called back to the USA by the frantic government, McLane and Jones discover that General Carrington has kidnapped Wally Sheridan, President of the United States! Holed up in a secret base he’s turned into a fortress, Carrington intends to put Sheridan on trial on live TV and expose him as the Number I of the conspiracy. To do that, he’s going to need XIII’s help in bringing in his main witness: the Mongoose!

XIII has freed a country, exposed a traitor, reunited with his wife... and found his father. As he deals—somewhat against his will—with the aftermath of the revolution in Costa Verde, Sean Mullway recounts for him his family’s history: Irish immigrants, remorseless Mafiosi, Mexican gold, and three silver watches. New answers will also bring new questions and a whole new set of potential enemies just as old ones come back to the fore.

Captured and imprisoned in the Roca Negra fortress, XIII is being tortured by the sinister Colonel Peralta. But, for all his pain and suffering, he’s also in the same building as Maria, the woman who may be his wife. And they have plenty of dedicated, resourceful friends outside... as well as at least one traitor. Still unsure of his past, Jason McLane will have no choice but to become the man known as “El Cascador” to clean up Costa Verde...

Jason McLane is on holidays with Jones at some friends’ in Central America, when a peculiar priest offers him startling news: He may very well be a married man! And because nothing is ever simple in XIII’s life, his apparent wife is none other than the leader of the democratic guerrillas in neighbouring Costa Verde, Maria De Los Santos—currently awaiting execution in a maximum security fortress. Time for the amnesiac to put his skills to good...

XIII survived the trip back to his childhood home. The Mongoose has finally been caught and is in a high-security jail. But there is still one piece of the puzzle missing, and when President Sheridan asks him to discover who the Number I is, the man now known as Jason McLane doesn’t hesitate for long. His best chance: finding Kim Rowland wherever she may be hiding. But the Mongoose has powerful allies and won’t stay locked up forever...  

XIII and Jones are on the run. Hunted by local authorities, they’re suspected of three murders, including that of The Mongoose’s hired killer. The sheriff of Green Falls, henchman to the town’s biggest landowner, is all too happy to accuse the fugitives: The two men don’t want certain details from the past to surface. XIII is going to have to survive long enough to dig up the truth about what really happened on the night of August 3rd long ago…

With the conspiracy that nearly claimed his life dismantled, XIII can finally turn all his attention towards uncovering his own distant past. Armed with everything he could find on Jason Fly—the man he seems to be—he heads to Green Falls, where he grew up. The problem with amnesia is that you never know exactly what you’ll dig up when you go home again. And... is everything really solved concerning the presidential assassination that cost him...

XIII, Jones and Betty Barnowsky escaped the deadly trap set by Colonel McCall. Lost in a hostile jungle, they must now make their way back to America. And they must be quick: In Washington, every ally the fugitives ever had has been arrested in preparation for the conspirators’ master stroke, coinciding with a general exercise of all American armed forces: Operation Full Red. Suddenly, XIII’s quest becomes a last-ditch fight for the freedom of...

Now called Ross Tanner, XIII joins the elite SPADS (Special Assault and Destruction Squads) to try and learn more about Captain Rowland, his last identity. As if the shadowy threats hanging over his head weren’t enough, he also has to contend with gruelling training and a hostile instructor. Meanwhile, in Washington, investigations continue, and a series of clues emerge, pointing towards people XIII thought his allies. Can he trust Colonel...

Convicted of murder and sent to a high-security prison for the criminally insane, XIII finds himself not only unable to continue searching for his past, but also at the mercy of his enemies. Unbeknownst to him, though, General Carrington and the beautiful (and deadly) Lieutenant Jones are still trying to unravel the mystery of the presidential assassination. All they have to do is find a way to help him before he loses his life–or his mind.

XIII is looking for a certain Kim Rowlands, a woman with whom he saw himself in a photograph. His search will yield a name—his, perhaps—and take him to a place that may be home. All families have secrets, though, and they can get a man killed. And what exactly do General Carrington and his beautiful aide Lieutenant Jones want with him?

A man washes ashore near an old couple’s house, barely alive. When he comes to, he has forgotten everything, including his name. The only clues to his identity: a key sewn into his clothes, a bullet wound to the head... and the number XIII tattooed on his shoulder. A meagre start to reconstruct one’s self.

Wayne Shelton is ready to proceed with the mission and spring his quarry from a Khalak prison. There is a small concern over Madrier, the Frenchman who talked his way onto the team – only to abandon them after he was revealed to be the son of a Khalak dissident... A job’s a job, though, and Shelton gave his word to his employer. But what if there are other separate, secret interests among the little band that could jeopardize everything?

When a high-ranking official of a small nation in the Caucasus is killed in a car accident, the plans of a massive multinational corporation are derailed by one man: the unfortunate French trucker who caused the accident. Pressure from the unions in France and the military in Khalakjistan prevents a quick diplomatic solution. So, to secure its own interests, the corporation calls upon the one man who can break the trucker out of prison and...

Largo is stuck on a boat with Silky. But this isn’t the end of a James Bond story: the vessel’s a container ship that belongs to Winch’s enemy, a Georgian arms dealer who seems to be behind all the billionaire’s current problems. And the crew are armed and trigger-happy... Not entirely surprising, since this time the plot is not just about money – it’s also very personal! Poor Largo; things were so much simpler before he stopped being an...

Fresh from his old pilot Freddy’s wedding, Largo is back in New York for more celebrating – the departure of one of his employees. But during the party, a Turkish national permanently retires Sir Basil with a couple of bullets. Shortly thereafter, the shooter himself is killed by a sniper before he’s had a chance to say a word. When the FBI finally gets involved, they come with accusations of gun trafficking and hiring assassins... Accusations...

Largo has disappeared. His friends and employees are trying to find him while they keep the W Group ticking, but no one seems to know what has happened to him—not even the Chinese authorities. It will be up to the billionaire, locked in a cell with a corpse as his only companion, to escape on his own before he can begin reassessing who are his allies and who are his enemies.

A proposed deal between one of Winch's companies and a Chinese group would require that the young billionaire come sign the contract himself in Hong Kong. But there is a problem: In his youth, Largo tangled with Chinese justice in occupied Tibet. He escaped from prison with the help of a Chinese arms smuggler, whose triad later helped rescue Simon from a Burma prison. But that help came with a price, and the triad will one day call in their...

Accused of murder and hated by an entire nation, Largo is hiding in Canada and feeling very much alone. But his friendships are stronger than his circumstances, and soon he’s able to counterattack against the various factions that are trying to bring him down. Greedy lawyers, crooked CEOs, murderous accountants, all pitted against the orphan turned billionaire... In the end, only the smartest and strongest will prevail—for such is the Law of...

A man shoots himself in front of Largo, live on TV. He was a guest on a financial talk show who had lost his company because of a Group W decision. Shocked by the knowledge that he is indirectly responsible, Winch becomes an object of hatred for the nation, and his two best friends abandon him. When suspicions arise that shady dealings led to unnecessary restructurings, he launches an investigation to identify the real culprits.

Largo Winch has been hoodwinked, framed and sent to jail. His enemies are celebrating their victory after taking control of his TV station. His friends are either in prison or in mortal danger... But Largo wasn’t born a billionaire. He knows how to fight dirty, and now he’s going to have to strike back at the circle of crooks, pimps and murderers who came after him—before they kill all potential witnesses, including his own employee, Sarah...

Simon—Largo’s friend—has been cast as the lead in a new TV series, “Golden Gate.” It’s produced in part by one of Group W’s subsidiaries. When the investigator sent by Dwight Cochrane to examine irregularities in the funding of the series disappears, Largo takes matters into his own hands and heads to the city by the Bay. But what will he find? An innocuous example of bad television? A case of tax evasion? Or... worse?

Two of Largo’s employees have been killed in his headquarters in New York. His friend Charity has been kidnapped in the middle of the Piazza San Marco. His only lead is a mysterious message: “Beware of the Doge...” As the bodies start piling up, Largo—aided by the beautiful Domenica—turns the Serenissima upside down to find the young woman and unravel the truth before it is too late. Balls, duels, boat chases, revenge... Ah, Venice!

In the middle of the night, a man runs through the narrow back alleys of Venice. Three men are after him. He breaks into a travel agency, where he faxes Winch a hastily scribbled message before being gunned down by his pursuers. The person who hands Largo Winch the fax in New York is also killed. The message says only: “Beware of the doge*…” Our millionaire businessman hero thinks his friend, the gorgeous Charity, could be in trouble and heads...

Largo’s best friend, Simon Ovronnaz, is being targeted by the secret services of Myanmar (formerly Burma). Simon and his girlfriend are wrongfully convicted of murder and imprisoned. After a very flawed trial, Simon is condemned to death and transferred to the infamous Fort Makiling. Blissfully ignorant of his friend’s fate, Largo is enjoying a romantic adventure at the top of the world, while the plot against him deepens dangerously.This...

H : Largo Winch gives a cocktail party to launch his foundation for war orphans when a waiter brings out one of his colleagues’ severed head on a tray. He has been murdered by the drugs traffickers Largo is after. In a matter of hours, the billionaire’s life is turned upside down.Dutch Connection : Two policemen are shot down as they arrest Largo Winch and he is charged with the murders. On top of that, he is accused of being part of the...

A veritable secret war for power takes place behind the scenes in big financial groups. One of the most common methods of attack is the takeover bid: A would-be buyer offers to acquire all available shares of a rival at a determined price in order to control it. The W group is attacked by FENICO, a business conglomerate. As if this were not enough, the U.S. Internal Revenue Service also takes on Largo Winch. Will he lose his entire...

Largo Winczlav, born in Yugoslavia, is an orphan. Thousands of miles away, one of the richest men in the world will change Largo's destiny. He has the same name, but slightly different: “Winch.” This man, Nerio Winch, wants to find an heir to his empire and adopts Largo, offering him the best education. When his adoptive father disappears under dramatic circumstances, Largo inherits the W Group, the biggest conglomerate of multinational...