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In this haunting and unforgettable novel from master storyteller Stephen King, writing under the pseudonym Richard Bachman, a brutal competition becomes a chilling reflection of endurance, power, and the human will to survive. In a bleak, dystopian America where hardship is the norm, one hundred teenage boys set out on a journey that will test the limits of their strength, sanity, and spirit. Among them is sixteen-year-old Ray Garraty, who steps into the annual Long Walk—an unforgiving contest where the rules are terrifyingly simple: maintain a walking speed of at least four miles per hour, never stop, and never slow down. Fall below the pace three times, and you’re out of the game—permanently. As the miles stretch endlessly before them, exhaustion, fear, and madness begin to take their toll. Each step brings Garraty closer to the ultimate prize: anything he desires for the rest of his life. But in this world, where winning means surviving and every friendship is shadowed by death, the real question becomes—how far can one go before the walk itself consumes him? A dark, gripping exploration of endurance and humanity pushed to its breaking point, The Long Walk remains one of King’s most powerful and unsettling visions of the future.