The Darkening Sea

Returning safely to England after the dramatic capture of Martinque, Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Bolitho finds an all too brief respite from war and politics in the arms of his mistress Catherine Somervell. Although ordered immediately to the Indian Ocean, for the first time Bolitho's thoughts are not of glory but his own - and the Navy's - past.

Intors in siguranta in Anglia dupa dramatica capturare a insulei Martinque, viceamiralul Sir Richard Bolitho gaseste o pauza mult prea scurta de la razboi si politica in bratele amantei sale, Catherine Somervell. Desi a fost trimis imediat in Oceanul Indian, pentru prima data gandurile lui Bolitho nu sunt indreptate spre glorie, ci spre propriul sau trecut - si spre trecutul Marinei.