Master︈ storyteller︈ Stephen︈ King︈ (writing︈ as︈ Richard︈ Bachman)︈ presents︈ this︈ gripping︈ and︈ remarkable︈ New︈ York︈ Times ︈ bestselling︈ crime︈ novel︈ about︈ a︈ damaged︈ young︈ man︈ who︈ embarks︈ on︈ an︈ ill-advised︈ kidnapping︈ plot—a︈ work︈ as︈ taut︈ and︈ riveting︈ as︈ anything︈ he︈ has︈ ever︈ written. Once︈ upon︈ a︈ time,︈ a︈ fellow︈ named︈ Richard︈ Bachman︈ wrote︈ Blaze ︈ on︈ an︈ Olivetti︈ typewriter,︈ then︈ turned︈ the︈ machine︈ over︈ to︈ Step︈hen︈ Ki︈ng,︈ who︈ used︈ it︈ to︈ write︈ Carrie .︈ Bachman︈ died︈ in︈ 1985︈ (“cancer︈ of︈ the︈ pseudonym”),︈ but︈ this︈ last︈ gripping︈ Bachman︈ novel︈ resurfaced︈ after︈ being︈ hidden︈ away︈ for︈ decades—an︈ unforgettable︈ crime︈ story︈ tinged︈ with︈ sadness︈ and︈ suspense. Clayton︈ Blaisdell,︈ Jr.,︈ was︈ always︈ a︈ small-time︈ delinquent.︈ None︈ too︈ bright︈ either,︈ thanks︈ to︈ the︈ beatings︈ he︈ got︈ as︈ a︈ kid.︈ Then︈ Blaze︈ met︈ George︈ Rackley,︈ a︈ seasoned︈ pro︈ with︈ a︈ hundred︈ cons︈ and︈ one︈ big︈ idea.︈ The︈ kidnapping︈ should︈ go︈ off︈ without︈ a︈ hitch,︈ with︈ George︈ as︈ the︈ brains︈ behind︈ their︈ dangerous︈ scheme.︈ But︈ there's︈ only︈ one︈ ︈ by︈ the︈ time︈ the︈ deal︈ goes︈ down,︈ Blaze's︈ partner︈ in︈ crime︈ is︈ dead.︈ Or︈ is︈ he?
