Conrad, Joseph

"Heart of Darkness" tells of a powerful European, Kurtz, who reverts to awful savagery in an isolated native trading post. "The Secret Sharer" describes the conflict of a young captain torn between his duty to his ship and his loyalty to a young officer.

A tale of turn of the century London involving spies, revolutionaries, and bureaucratic police.

Heart of darkness tells of the European, Kurtz, who reverts to savagery in an isolated native trading post of the Congo. The secret sharer relates the conflict of a young captain of his duty to his ship or his loyalty to a young officer who has murdered a crew member.