"One may see the soul stir in some men's eyes, but his were bleak, and
cold, and gray as the sea itself." Humphrey Van Weyden is swept
overboard in San Francisco Bay and plucked up by the Ghost. The vessel's
captain is the Sea-Wolf, a strong and unmerciful tyrant. Weyden becomes
an unwilling participant in a shipboard drama mounting in mutiny and
shipwreck. Jack London firmly believes in the triumph of good. This
classic American tale has influenced writers such as Hemingway and
Orwell and is read and loved around the world.