mass market paperback, 219 pages
English language
Published Jan. 5, 1987 by New American Library, Signet.
The Running Man
by Stephen King
4 stars
(2 reviews)
WELCOME TO AMERICA IN 2025 WHEN THE BEST MEN DON'T RUN FOR PRESIDENT, THEY RUN FOR THEIR LIVES--IN THE ULTIMATE DEATH GAME.
Each night all Americans tune in to the nation's favorite TV game show--The Running Man.
Each night they see if the contestant has evaded death at the hands of the Hunters just one more day. Thirty days of survival takes the prize--one billion dollars.
The record is eight days...
But now a new contestant, Ben Richards, has set out to beat the brutal odds, beat the rigged game, beat the entire savage system. He's betting his life that he can... --back cover
