The running man
Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman
Fiction / Dystopian
It is 2025 and reality TV has progressed to the point where people are willing to wager their lives in exchange for a chance at enormous wealth.
Ben Richards is desperate - he needs money to treat his daughter's illness. His last chance is entering a game show called The Running Man where the objective is to elude police and specially trained trackers for a month. The reward is a cool billion dollars.
The catch is that everyone else on the planet is watching and willing to turn him in for a reward.
(Excerpt from stephenking.com)