Submergence

"James More, a British secret agent, has been captured by a Somali desert affiliate of al-Qaida. He is sustained in his captivity by the memory of a brief affair in a hotel on the cold coast of Atlantic-facing France with a scientist named Danielle, who studies currents and life on the ocean floor. We get to study these lovers, both apart and together, and the result is luminescent with joy and hope, and muddied by grief. It’s a lyrical thriller about revolt, love, deserts, oceans, lust and terror."

"I loved J. M. Ledgard's haunting novel "Submergence.""