The Iron Heel

A political novel presented as a manuscript written by Avis Everhard in the early twentieth century and discovered centuries later. She describes her marriage to a socialist leader and the rise of a ruthless oligarchy, the Iron Heel, that crushes working-class resistance in America. Often counted among early dystopian fiction, it reflects London's socialist convictions and his fears about concentrated wealth and power. It is a stark, urgent book that influenced later political fiction.