In this haunting tale Marlow a seama and wanderer recounts his experiences in Africa when he led an expedition into the impenetrable and mysterious core of the jungle. The darkness he encounters is both moral and physical: Mr. Kutz the agent dealing in ivory whom he is to meet is the embodiment of corruption decay and explotation.
As an outsider Marlow finds himself drawn to the charismatic Kurtz but after witnessing the malevolence and tyrnanny that emanate from him Marlow is forced to book into his own soul and reassess his values.