A unique journey from Darrell Standing’s suffocating cell to infinite space, the darkness of history and the limitless labyrinths of consciousness…

Behind the stone walls of San Quentin Penitentiary, Darrell Standing, a former professor rendered immobile by the unrelenting pressure of his straitjacket, embarks on an imaginative expedition across the centuries, beyond the shackles of his body. In these challenging trances, Standing re-experiences a myriad of lives, from the northern landscapes where Viking swords clang to the majestic temples of ancient Egypt, from the deserted islands of the Pacific to the golden lands of California.

In a breathtaking narrative that bends time and space, The Star Traveler explores the common language of freedom, love, pain and resistance as it searches for the unchanging essence of human existence. In this novel inspired by a true life story, Jack London sheds light on both the immortality of the soul and the brutal prison conditions of the period.

century literature’s most shocking narrative of captivity

A layered epic of rebirth with historical details

The glorious struggle of a prisoner who pushes the limits of the body with the limitlessness of the mind

Charting a unique route in the starry sky of literature, Star Traveler whispers the following question to the reader through its unforgettable protagonist Darrell Standing, who says “there is no death; the soul is always reborn”:

“Does true captivity begin in the walls or in our minds?”

This is one of Jack London’s most daring novels.