The Running Man
Edition: Movie Tie-In Edition; 1st printing (3)
Publisher: New American Library
Published: 1987
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: mass market paperback
Number of pages: 219
ISBN-13: 9780451151223
Copyright date: 1987
First sentence: She was squinting at the thermometer in the white light coming through the window.
Description: 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