The Wanderer of the Stars is the last novel that Jack London wrote. It is a fierce criticism of torture and the death penalty, and a metaphor for the emancipatory pleasure of reading.Convicted of murder in the San Quentin jail, Darrell Standing is subjected to the additional punishment of being immobilized in a terrible straitjacket . The physical torment will give you access to another plane of existence in which you can travel your past lives.