The Scarlet Plague

What if the world you knew vanished in a heartbeat? Would humanity survive—or vanish with it?

In The Scarlet Plague, Jack London—the master of adventure and realism—dives into the eerie silence of a world ravaged by disease. Written in 1912, this terrifyingly prophetic novel imagines the collapse of civilization following a global pandemic that wipes out nearly all human life.

Set decades after the disaster, an old man recounts the fall of the modern world to his grandsons. As he tells the tale, readers are drawn into a stark landscape where humanity has reverted to tribal survival, and knowledge has become myth.

"An early masterpiece of apocalyptic fiction… unsettling in its accuracy."

Fans of Station Eleven, The Stand, and The Road will find The Scarlet Plague both haunting and gripping.

One of the first pandemic sci-fi novels, eerily relevant in the modern era

A tale of resilience and rebirth, infused with Jack London's signature power

A must-read for fans of dystopian fiction, survival horror, and post-collapse worlds

Rediscover a Dystopian Classic

Add The Scarlet Plague to your library and explore the origins of apocalyptic storytelling.

Click «Buy Now» to step into Jack London's eerily accurate vision of the future.