In this #1 national bestseller, master storyteller ( Houston Chronicle ) Stephen King, writing as Richard Bachman, tells the tale of the contestants of a grueling walKing competition where there can only be one winner--the one that survives.
Three warnings and you\'re out of the game--permanently.....
Slow down under the speed limit and you\'re given a warning.
Contestants cannot receive any outside aid whatsoever.
There is no finish line--the winner is the last man standing.
But, as part of this national tournament that sweeps through a dystopian America year after year, there are some harsh rules that Garraty and ninety-nine others must adhere to in order to beat out the rest.
One hundred boys must keep a steady pace of four miles per hour without ever stopping...with the winner being awarded The Prize--anything he wants for the rest of his life.
Against the wishes of his mother, sixteen-year-old Ray Garraty is about to compete in the annual grueling match of stamina and wits known as The Long Walk.
I give my congratulations to the winner among your number, and my acknowledgements of valor to the losers.
In this #1 national bestseller, master storyteller ( Houston Chronicle ) Stephen King, writing as Richard Bachman, tells the tale of the contestants of a grueling walKing competition where there can only be one winner--the one that survives
