The Shadow Line

A young sea captain accepts his first command with the confidence of youth-only to find himself becalmed in tropical waters with a crew ravaged by fever and a ship that seems cursed by its former master.As the days stretch into weeks without wind, the new captain faces a test that no amount of seamanship can prepare him for. With his men dying, his own resolve crumbling, and the oppressive stillness of the sea closing in, he must cross the invisible line that separates the carelessness of youth from the weight of true responsibility.In this haunting tale of isolation and self-discovery, Joseph Conrad charts the psychological journey of a man confronting his own limitations and emerging transformed. Part maritime adventure, part meditation on the passage into maturity, The Shadow Line is a masterwork of atmospheric tension and profound introspection from one of literature’s greatest storytellers.'The only test of one’s first command.'