Storm Tide by Wilbur Smith as Conrad once put it

as Conrad once put it

Chiang's rigorously imagined fantasias invite us to question our understanding of the universe and our place in it

the universal source code behind fulfilment

terrify the mostly upper-caste audience

a tranquil retreat

Storm Tide by Wilbur Smith as Conrad once put it1774. Rob Courtney has spent his whole life in a quiet trading outpost on the east coast of Africa, dreaming of a life of adventure at sea. When his grandfather Jim dies, Rob takes his chance and stows away on a ship as it sails to England, with only the family heirloom, the Neptune Sword, to his name. Arriving in London, Rob is seduced by the charms of the big city and soon finds himself desperate and penniless. That is until the navy comes calling