Jack London (1876 - 1916) was an American novelist,
journalist and social activist. Pioneering the genre of magazine fiction and prototyping science fi ction, he became one of the
fi rst writers, who gained worldwide fame and a large fortune. “The Star Rover” tells the story of a sentenced to death prisoner of San Quentin, Darrel Standing. For a long time, Darrel was
in solitary confi nement, experiencing tortures executed by prison workers. Trying to ease the anguish, Standing gets his mind into a state of trance, making his mind travel among the
stars, experiencing lives of his past incarnations.