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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherPocket Books
ISBN-101982197102
ISBN-139781982197100
eBay Product ID (ePID)4057282109
Product Key Features
Book TitleRunning Man
Number of Pages416 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicDystopian, Thrillers / Suspense, Media Tie-In
Publication Year2022
GenreFiction
AuthorStephen King
FormatUs-Tall Rack Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight7.5 Oz
Item Length7.5 in
Item Width4.1 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
TitleLeadingThe
SynopsisA desperate man attempts to win a reality TV game where the only objective is to stay alive in this #1 national bestseller from Stephen King, writing as Richard Bachman. "Under any name King mesmerizes the reader" ( Chicago Sun-Times ). Ben Richards is a desperate man. With no job, no money, no way out, and a young daughter in need of proper medical attention, he must turn to the only possibility of striking it rich in this near-future dystopian America: participating in the ultra-violent TV programming of the government-sanctioned Games Network. Ben soon finds himself selected as a contestant on the biggest and the best that the Games Network has to offer: "The Running Man," a no-holds-barred thirty-day struggle to stay alive as public enemy number one, relentlessly hunted by an elite strike force bent on killing him as quickly as possible in front of an audience all too eager to see that happen. It means a billion dollars in prize money if he can live for the next month. No one has ever survived longer than eight days. But desperation can push a person do things they never thought possible--and Ben Richards is willing to go the distance in this ultimate game of life and death...