The Scarlet Plague

A terrifying post-apocalyptic novel by the renowned nineteenth-century American author of The Call of the Wild and White Fang.

Set in 2073, this classic science fiction novel begins sixty years after a devastating epidemic wipes out most of humanity. James Howard Smith, one of the only survivors from the San Francisco area who remembers life before the plague, tries to impart the value of his wisdom to his grandsons as his time on Earth grows ever shorter.

Knowing only the savage world...