The Sea Wolf

Jack Londons 1904 psychological thriller The Sea-Wolf centres on literary critic Humphrey van Weyden. He is seen in the opening scenes of the narrative riding the Martinez ferry in San Francisco as it collides with another vessel in the mist and sinks. He is abandoned in the Bay and later found by Wolf Larsen. Larsen is the master of the Ghost a schooner used for seal hunting. He is brutal and cynical but he is also very brilliant and intellectual and he uses his extraordinary physical power to govern his ship and intimidate the crew.