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In the reality TV show The Running Man , the only objective is to stay alive. This ''slam-bang action suspense'' ( Vulture ) from Stephen King is also a major motion picture. It''s not just a game when you''re running for your life . . . Ben Richards is a desperate man. He has no job and no money, and his young daughter urgently needs medical attention. Out of options, he signs up for The Running Man : an ultraviolent reality television competition where the stakes could not be higher. Ben must stay alive for thirty days while an elite strike force, trained to kill, hunts for him. He will win a billion dollars if he can survive for a month. So far, no one has lasted longer than eight days. Can Ben Richards win this ultimate game of life and death? Publisher''s note: Also available in the collection The Bachman Books. ''This dystopian tale has real pathos, and a point'' Guardian ''America''s greatest living novelist'' Lee Child
About the author
In his 'lifetime', Richard Bachman published five novels. A sixth, THE REGULATORS, was published after he died of pseudonym cancer (a relatively painless way to go) in 1985. He developed a cult following both before and after his death. Two of his novels (THINNER and THE RUNNING MAN) were made into motion pictures.
BLAZE--both brutal and sensitive--is his final legacy. The last of the Bachman novels, written in 1973 and published for the first time. Stephen King's 'dark half' may have saved the best for last.
STEPHEN KING is the author of more than seventy books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent titles include Fairy Tale, Holly, and If It Bleeds, all number one Sunday Times bestsellers.
Many of his titles are the basis for major motion pictures including IT, Stand By Me (adapted from The Body) and The Shawshank Redemption, which is IMDb's top-rated movie of all time.
King is the recipient of The Sunday Times Award for Literary Excellence 2022, the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the 2014 National Medal of Arts, and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.
