Blinde kol
Sep 2026 · Penguin Random House South Africa
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“Ek wil met Karla praat of ek skiet almal dood.”
AO Karla Blanckenberg, gyselaaronderhandelaar by die SAPD, staan buite ’n dameskoshuis in Stellenbosch. Die toneel is ’n barrikade. Dooie meisies lê voor die ingang. ’n Gewapende jong man het sy pad in die gebou in geskiet, en ’n groep vrouestudente gyselaar geneem.
Blanckenberg is spesifiek ontplooi. Die jong man het vir haar gevra. Hulle het al vantevore ontmoet.
AO Colin Menck staan langs haar. Sy dogter is self ’n student, so die toneel voel heeltemal te persoonlik.
Terwyl Blanckenberg die jong man moet leer verstaan, grawe Menck in sy verlede om uit te vind wat hom tot hierdie punt gedryf het. Maar hoe meer hulle leer, hoe meer onvoorspelbaar raak die situasie, en hoe groter die lewensgevaar vir die gyselaars.
Blinde kol is ’n intense ondersoek van die donker idees van ons tyd en wat kan gebeur wanneer hulle in die verkeerde psiges posvat.
“I want to speak to Blanckenberg or I kill everyone here.”
Warrant Officer Karla Blanckenberg, a hostage negotiator with the SAPS, finds herself outside a women’s residence in Stellenbosch. The scene is a barricade. Dead girls lie in front of the entrance. An armed young man has shot his way into the building and taken a group of female students hostage.
Blanckenberg has been specifically deployed. The young man asked for her by name. They have met before.
Warrant Officer Colin Menck is beside her. His own daughter is a student here, so this situation feels intensely personal.
While Blanckenberg must learn to understand the young shooter, Menck digs into his past to find out what drove him to this.
But the more they learn, the more unpredictable the situation becomes — and the greater the danger to the hostages.
Blinde kol is an intense exploration of the dark ideas of our time and what can happen when they take root in troubled minds.
AO Karla Blanckenberg, gyselaaronderhandelaar by die SAPD, staan buite ’n dameskoshuis in Stellenbosch. Die toneel is ’n barrikade. Dooie meisies lê voor die ingang. ’n Gewapende jong man het sy pad in die gebou in geskiet, en ’n groep vrouestudente gyselaar geneem.
Blanckenberg is spesifiek ontplooi. Die jong man het vir haar gevra. Hulle het al vantevore ontmoet.
AO Colin Menck staan langs haar. Sy dogter is self ’n student, so die toneel voel heeltemal te persoonlik.
Terwyl Blanckenberg die jong man moet leer verstaan, grawe Menck in sy verlede om uit te vind wat hom tot hierdie punt gedryf het. Maar hoe meer hulle leer, hoe meer onvoorspelbaar raak die situasie, en hoe groter die lewensgevaar vir die gyselaars.
Blinde kol is ’n intense ondersoek van die donker idees van ons tyd en wat kan gebeur wanneer hulle in die verkeerde psiges posvat.
“I want to speak to Blanckenberg or I kill everyone here.”
Warrant Officer Karla Blanckenberg, a hostage negotiator with the SAPS, finds herself outside a women’s residence in Stellenbosch. The scene is a barricade. Dead girls lie in front of the entrance. An armed young man has shot his way into the building and taken a group of female students hostage.
Blanckenberg has been specifically deployed. The young man asked for her by name. They have met before.
Warrant Officer Colin Menck is beside her. His own daughter is a student here, so this situation feels intensely personal.
While Blanckenberg must learn to understand the young shooter, Menck digs into his past to find out what drove him to this.
But the more they learn, the more unpredictable the situation becomes — and the greater the danger to the hostages.
Blinde kol is an intense exploration of the dark ideas of our time and what can happen when they take root in troubled minds.
“Ek wil met Karla praat of ek skiet almal dood.”
AO Karla Blanckenberg, gyselaaronderhandelaar by die SAPD, staan buite ’n dameskoshuis in Stellenbosch. Die toneel is ’n barrikade. Dooie meisies lê voor die ingang. ’n Gewapende jong man het sy pad in die gebou in geskiet, en ’n groep vrouestuden...
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Martin Steyn is een van die gewildste spanningsverhaalskrywers in Suid-Afrika. Hy is bekend daarvoor dat hy intrige, spanning en komplekse karakters op meesterlike wyse verweef. Ná sy bekroonde debuutroman, Donker spoor, het Skuldig, Swartval, Losprys, Donker water en die kortverhaalbundel Skimme en spoorsoekers almal die topverkoperlyste gehaal.
Martin Steyn is one of the most popular crime writers in South Africa. He is known for masterfully weaving intrigue, suspense, and complex characters. After his award-winning debut novel, Donker spoor, all his subsequent work, Skuldig, Swartval, Losprys, Donker water and the short story collection, Skimme en spoorsoekers, became bestsellers.
Martin Steyn is een van die gewildste spanningsverhaalskrywers in Suid-Afrika. Hy is bekend daarvoor dat hy intrige, spanning en komplekse karakters op meesterlike wyse verweef. Ná sy bekroonde debuutroman, Donker spoor, het Skuldig, Swartval, Losprys, Donker water en die kortverhaalbundel Skimme...
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