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The Law of Club and Fang.
Buck's first day on the Dyea beach was like a nightmare.

Every hour was filled with shock and surprise.

He had been suddenly jerked from the heart of civilization and flung into the heart of things primordial.
No lazy, sun-kissed life was this, with nothing to do but loaf and be bored.

Here was neither peace, nor rest, nor a moment's safety.