Description
The Long Walk by Richard Bachman, the pseudonym under which Stephen King originally published the novel, is a dystopian tale set in a totalitarian future America where one hundred teenage boys compete in an annual walking contest in which they must maintain a minimum speed or face execution, continuing until only one survivor remains. Exploring themes of endurance, friendship, authority, and the psychological effects of competition, the novel follows sixteen-year-old Ray Garraty as he struggles to survive one of the most brutal contests imaginable.
A relentless dystopian nightmare of endurance, sacrifice, and survival.