The Scarlet Plague

Written by Jack London

Narrated by Drew Ariana

A bleak, at times darkly humorous glimpse into the future.--Outside the ruins of San Francisco, a former professor recounts the sequence of events which led to a gruesome pandemic which killed nearly every living soul on earth. Modern civilization fell, and a new race assumed power everywhere. Within the professor's thriving tribe, the younger generation is mostly descended from the tribe’s brutish founder. He was known by the title of his former occupation, so the tribe’s name is Chauffer.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Dreamscape Media
• Release date: Aug 20, 2013
• ISBN: 9781666601640

Jack London

Jack London was born in San Francisco on January 12th 1876, the unwanted child of a spiritualist mother and astrologer father. He was raised by Virginia Prentiss, a former slave, before rejoining his mother and her new husband, John London. Largely self-educated, the teenage Jack made money stealing oysters and working on a schooner before briefly studying at the University of Berkeley in 1896. He left to join the Klondike Gold Rush a year later, a phenomenon that would go on to form the background of his literary masterpieces, The Call of the Wild (1903) and White Fang (1906). Alongside his novel writing London dabbled in war reportage, agriculture and politics. He was married twice and had two daughters from his first marriage. London died in 1916 from complications of numerous chronic illnesses.

Reviews for The Scarlet Plague

[Benton Wong · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Jack London's The Scarlet Plague is a gripping post-apocalyptic tale that delves into the decay of humanity and the resilience of survival. A haunting and thought-provoking read.