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Running Man: The Audiobook
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The year is 2025 and reality TV has grown to the point where people are willing to wager their lives for a chance at a billion-dollar jackpot. Ben Richards is desperate—he needs money to treat his daughter’s illness. His last chance is entering a game show called The Running Man where the goal is to avoid capture by Hunters who are employed to kill him. Surviving this month long chase is another issue when everyone else on the planet is watching and willing to turn him in for the reward.
Now with an introduction by Stephen King on “The Importance of Being Bachman.”
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“The action is…fast paced and, though the novel differs from much of King’s other work, the sardonic social commentary reveals a pleasing glimmer of King’s characteristically twisted sense of humor.”
— Amazon.com, editorial review
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“Stephen King is one of those natural storytellers…getting hooked is easy.”
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“An incredibly gifted writer, whose writing, like Truman Capote’s, is so fluid that you often forget that you’re reading.”
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“Merely by tickling the keys of his word-processor King can make the flesh creep half a world away.”
— Times (London)
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About Stephen King
Stephen King has written more than sixty books, many hitting the #1 spot on the New York Times bestsellers list. He has won the World Fantasy Award, several Bram Stoker Awards, and the O. Henry Award for his story “The Man in the Black Suit.” He is the 2003 recipient of the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, and in 2007 he received the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America. His epic works The Dark Tower and It are the basis for major motion pictures.
About Kevin Kenerly
Kevin Kenerly, an Earphones Award–winning narrator, earned a BA at Olivet College. A longtime member of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, he has acted in more than twenty seasons, playing dozens of roles.