Jack London Collected editions

Jack London (1876 – 1916) was an American novelist, journalist, and social activist whose dystopian novel The Iron Heel imagines a future in which an oligarchic regime crushes democracy underfoot. Mixing speculative fiction with political commentary, London’s work warns of the fragility of freedom.

Best known for adventure novels like The Call of the Wild and White Fang, London also explored socialism, industrial capitalism, and class struggle in his more overtly political writings.

With The Iron Heel, Jack London offered a stark warning that resonates in times of political and economic unrest.