** spoiler alert ** My favorite, favorite Stephen King/Richard Bachman tale ever. The premise is simple: 100 boys go out for a walk: if they fall behind the pace of 4 mph they will be shot. Whoever endures wins the Prize. It's psychologically intriguing in witnessing the mental and physical crumbling of the boys who pursue their long trek. The dialogue between the characters as they ultimately face their death is just wonderful and induces the reader to search themselves. Every time I read this I fall in love with Garraty.