Jack London& apos; s "The Master of Mystery" is set in a Native American fishing village in Alaska. A woman has lost her most valuable possession: the blankets of a deceased Englishman. The culprit must be found, but what makes matters more complicated is that the local shaman has fallen out of favor, forcing a feared shaman from outside the village to come to their aid. Can he help them, and will the culprit be found? The short story is one of London& apos; s stories inspired by the period the writer spent at the Klondike Gold Rush in the late 19th century and was published in the early 20th century.
