Love of life. Stories

The famous American writer Jack London is a recognized expert on human nature, a master of subtle psychologism. In his works, he often puts heroes in difficult circumstances, showing how a feeling of loneliness, primitive fear of unknown and ... love of life awakens in the face of danger in a person.
In front of you is a collection of brilliant adventure stories that keep in suspense from the first to the last word. Their heroes have to make a difficult choice, make ambiguous decisions. Is the traveler entitled to take a chance of the fate of the entire expedition, if the life of a friend is at stake, and the illustrious surgeon is to refuse to help his opponent? Can a pilot save a child, who was carried away with a balloon, and a fourteen -year -old teenager to help adults stuck in a booth over an abyss? What hidden forces are asleep in a person left one on one with an ice desert, and will they have enough to survive? The reader awaits incredible plot turns and stunning interchanges.
The book is illustrated by the atmospheric drawings of Oleg Pakhomov