Heart of Darkness: 'As Powerful a Condemnation of Imperialism as Has Ever Been Written'

The silence of the jungle is broken only by the ominous sound of drumming. Marlow's mission to captain a steamer upriver into the dense interior leads him into conflict with others who haunt the forest. But his decision to hunt down Mr Kurtz, an ivory trader who is the subject of sinister rumours, leads him into more than just physical peril.