Literary critic Humphrey Van Weyden is pressed into service aboard a seal-hunting schooner by its cruel, ruthless, but intelligent captain.

A collection of stories entailing life during the gold rush in the harsh wilderness of northwestern North America.

The eleventh collection of short stories by Jack London.

A wild half-wolf survives a harsh existence before finding love and domestication in civilization.

An Antarctic expedition reveals the horrifying reality of ancient myths in the depths of the continent.

A collection of Edgar Allan Poe’s short fiction, ordered by date of publication.

A young stowaway embarks on high-seas adventures.

After coming into his fortune and evading his uncle’s schemes, young gentleman David Balfour continues his adventures in 18th century Scotland, helping a politically unwelcome friend escape into France, avoiding the hangman himself, finding his place as a gentleman in Edinburgh society, and falling in love with the daughter of a notorious Macgregor clansman.

After his parents die, a young Scottish man travels to see his only remaining relative, expecting to be welcomed, but instead finds his life and liberty in grave danger.

During the War of the Roses, a young knight must rescue his lady and find out who killed his father.

The relationship of two noble brothers is blighted by hostility and vengeance in Jacobite Scotland.

A young boy finds adventure on the high seas as he battles bloodthirsty pirates in search of a long-lost treasure.