Jack London : five classic novels / Jack London.

Bind-up of: Call of the wild, White Fang, The game, The scarlet plague, The star rover.

Previously published: Call of the wild. London : Puffin, 2008.

Previously published: White Fang. London : Puffin, 2008.

Previously published: The game. London : William Heinemann, 1930.

Previously published: The scarlet plague. London : Hesperus, 2008.

Previously published: The star rover. New York : Modern Library, 2003.

Call of the wild -- White Fang -- The game -- The scarlet plague -- The star rover.

The Call of the Wild is the story of a dog called Buck, kidnapped from his comfortable domestic life to become a tough sled dog in Alaska but ulimately answering 'the call of the wild' to join a wolf pack. White Fang once again explores the theme of contrast between civilization and savagery when a wild wolf cub is brought up by humans only to become a champion fighting dog. The Game revolves around London's favourite sport of boxing. Joe Fleming is a prize fighter and, on the eve of his wedding, his fiance agrees to watch his last ever fight. The Scarlet Plague was first published in 1912 but tells of a disease that wipes out most of the world's population in 2012. The story is set sixty years later as one of the survivors attempts to pass on a lifetime of wisdom and experience to his grandsons. The Star Power is a prison tale in which the main character endures torture sessions, surviving by entering a trance-like state, when he walks among the stars and experiences past lives.