Fire Down Below

<b>Lose </b><b>yourself in an epic naval journey in the final novel in the Booker Prize-winning <i>Sea Trilogy </i>by </b><b>the author of <i>Lord of the Flies.</i></b><br><b><i></i></b><br><b><i>I think there has been death in my hands.</i></b><br><br>On the last stretch of its epic voyage from England to Australia, a disintegrating warship inches towards land. But there are still trials ahead, as the vessel is smashed against an ice cliff and blasted by a great storm, while the claustrophobic passengers battle erotic desires, masculine rivalry and violent power struggles - all experiencing a sea change in their natures. And when an unseen fire begins to smoulder below decks, the other side of the world has never seemed further away ... <br><b></b><br><b>'A truly noble achievement'. Patrick O'Brien</b><b></b><br><b></b><br><b>'Laden to the waterline with a rich cargo of practicalities and poetry, pain and hilarity, drama and exaltation.' <i>Sunday Times </i></b><br><b></b><br><b>'A<i> tour de force</i> ... A persuasive adventure, love story and allegory, as serious as it is entertaining.' Penelope Lively</b><br><b></b><br><b>'The best novel I've read this year ... The language fizzes and spits.' <i>Daily Telegraph</i></b><br><br><b>'Reeks and resounds with authenticity ... The epic imaginative enterprise [is] as formidable a feat as the year-long odyssey it charts.' <i>Sunday Times</i></b><br><br><b>'Awesome ...Ambivalent, unresolved, walking a tightrope between reason and spirituality, tragedy and comedy ... So compelling and disturbing.' Victoria Glendinning</b><br><br><b><i>To The Ends of the Earth: A Sea Trilogy</i> - Book Three</b>