Richard Bachman, c'est l'autre visage de Stephen King, le maître absolu du suspense, nº1 toutes catégories aux États-Unis, l'auteur de Carrie, Charli, Cujo, Shinning et autres. Après La peau sur les os, voici une nouvelle machination démonique de Bachman.

Alors que son usine et le pavillon de banlieue qui a vu naître et mourir son fils vont être rayés de la carte, un brave cadre moyen, au fil de quelques semaines, perd sa femme, se lie à un mafioso philosophe et gourmet, une routarde désaxée et un prêtre des rues anarchiste. Il découvre l'action, le risque, l'inconnu...jusqu'à une véritable Apocalypse...

For years, readers wrote asking if Richard Bachman was really world-bestselling Stephen King writing under another name. Now the secret is out - and so, brought together in one volume, are these three spellbinding stories of future shock and suspense.

The Long Walk: A chilling look at the ultra-conservative America of the future where a grueling 450-mile marathon is the ultimate sports competition.

Roadwork: An immovable man refuses to surrender to the irresistible force of progress.

The Running Man: TV's future-favourite game show, where contestants are hunted to death in the attempt to win a $1 billion jackpot.

It's not just a game when you're running for your life.

Every night they tuned in to the nation's favourite prime-time TV game show.

They all watched, from the sprawling slums to the security-obsessed enclaves of the rich. They all watched the ultimate live death game as the contestants tried to bet not the clock, but annihhilation at the hands of the Hunters. Survive thirty days and win the billion dollar jackpot - that was the promise. But the odds were brutal and the game rigged. Best score so far was eight days.

And now there was a new contestant, the latest running man, staking his life while a nation watched.