A Son of the Sun

By Jack London

Subjects: American Adventure stories, American Sea stories, American Autobiographical fiction, Ship captains, Fiction, action & adventure, Fiction, Americans, Travel

Description: **A Son of the Sun** is a 1912 novel by Jack London. It is set in the South Pacific at the beginning of the 20th century and consists of eight separate stories. David Grief is a forty-year-old English adventurer who came to the South seas years ago and became rich. As a businessman he owns offices in Sydney, but he is rarely there. Since his wealth spreads over a lot of islands, Grief has some adventures while going among these islands. London depicts the striking panorama of the South seas with adventurers, scoundrels, swindlers, pirates, and cannibals. (Source: [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Son_of_the_Sun_%28novel%29))