The Scarlet Plague
Aug 2026 · Enrich Spot Limited
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Imagine a brutal pandemic annihilates global civilization, reducing humanity to primal savagery. In 2072, sixty years after the outbreak of the ‘Red Death’, an old professor wanders a deserted, wild San Francisco. He tries to recount the ‘Scarlet Plague’ and the lost wonders of the modern world to his grandsons. These boys have grown up in the wilderness; they wear animal skins, hunt with bows and arrows, and speak a simplified, rough version of English. Can the dying embers of knowledge survive in a brutal new dark age?
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The mind behind this visionary tale, Jack London, was a man who knew a great deal about survival and hardship. Born in San Francisco in 1876, London grew up in poverty and worked in factories from a very young age. He was an adventurer who sailed the Pacific Ocean and travelled to the freezing Klondike region during the 1897 Gold Rush. These real-life experiences inspired his famous adventure novels like The Call of the Wild and White Fang.
Imagine a brutal pandemic annihilates global civilization, reducing humanity to primal savagery. In 2072, sixty years after the outbreak of the ‘Red Death’, an old professor wanders a deserted, wild San Francisco. He tries to recount the ‘Scarlet Plague’ and the lost wonders of the modern world t...
About the author
Jack London, pen name of John Griffith Chaney, was born in 1876 in America. He was a productive novelist, with 19 novels and more than 150 short stories. He was versatile in many literary genres and became one of the first American authors to turn into an international celebrity.
Jack London, pen name of John Griffith Chaney, was born in 1876 in America. He was a productive novelist, with 19 novels and more than 150 short stories. He was versatile in many literary genres and became one of the first American authors to turn into an international celebrity.
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