A science-fiction tale of a man's spiritual release from prison by willing the death of his body. Freed, he travels through the pages of man's history.

"The Star Rover is an imaginative flight into man's history, rendered in London's most realistic terms. It is the story of Darrell Standing, condemned to solitary confinement ...

"The Star Rover is an imaginative flight into man's history, rendered in London's most realistic terms. It is the story of Darrell Standing, condemned to solitary confinement ...

The Star Rover by Jack London is about Darrell Standing, a university professor serving life imprisonment in San Quentin State Prison for murder. Prison officials try to break ...

"[A work of] true power." — Andrew Sinclair. A lifer at San Quentin escapes the horrors of his incarceration through astral travel. A moving indictment of the brutal prison ...

The Star Rover is the story of San Quentin death-row inmate Darrell Standing, who escapes the horror of prison life—and long stretches in a straitjacket—by withdrawing into ...

"The Star Rover is an imaginative flight into man's history, rendered in London's most realistic terms. It is the story of Darrell Standing, condemned to solitary confinement ...

The Star Rover is the story of San Quentin death-row inmate Darrell Standing, who escapes the horror of prison life—and long stretches in a straitjacket—by withdrawing into ...

'A magnificent literary accomplishment.' - Irving Stone Jack London's novel brings to life the horrors and inhumanities of prison life.