The Scarlet Plague

Book name: The Crimson Plague Author: Jack London Publisher: Khutut wa Zilal Book classification: Novel Brief about the book: One of the novels whose events closely resemble our current reality after the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus, is the novel "The Crimson Plague" by novelist Jack London, and it perhaps tells a scenario of the different scenarios that the world might go to if a cure to escape this cursed virus "Corona" is not discovered. The novel talks about the spread of the plague of death in a city, chaos and acts of sabotage by thugs destroying the city completely, and the hero "Smith" begins a long journey in search of refuge amidst all this destruction, and in the end, destruction is confined, but civilization has disappeared, and "Smith" must face the new savage world with a few survivors including "the driver". It is a fictional novel set after the end of the world, originally published in London magazine in 1912, and the events take place in the year 2073, sixty years after an uncontrollable pandemic, where the Red Death has wiped out most of the planet's inhabitants.