Famous Plague Stories - Jack London, Edgar Allan Poe

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Contains three classic illustrated fiction stories about the plague and germ warfare that were written more than 100 years ago. "The Scarlet Plague," written by Jack London in 1912, was an early science fiction story set in 2073, sixty years after a devastating plagues wipes out most of the planet's population. "The Unparalleled Invasion," written by London in 1910, follows a militant China that fights a brief war, culminating in the Chinese annexation of Korea, Formosa, and Manchuria. When China's population grows steadily, the Western powers launch a biological warfare campaign against it. "The Masque of the Red Death," written by Edgar Allan Poe in 1842, follows Prince Prospero's attempts to avoid a dangerous plague, known as the Red Death, by hiding in his abbey. During a masquerade ball, a mysterious figure disguised as a Red Death viction enters.
Sea Wolf Press, 2020. Paperback, 91 pp.

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