A classic tale from the inkwell of Joseph Conrad, the Secret Sharer is a short story set at sea.
The narrator, a newly made Captain of his vessel, rescues a man he finds clinging to his ships rope-ladder. That man was once Chief Mate of a nearby ship Sephora, accused of murder during rough seas.
What follows is a short but well formed tale about isolation, duality, and the struggle between the rational and irrational.