Stephen King

The Long Walk by Stephen King

Would you like to see the real start of Stephen King? Written in his freshman year of college, eight years before Carrie was published, The Long Walk is King's first novel. This anti-utopian horror novel tells the story of 100 teenage boys who take part in an event called "The Walk", where participants must walk at a speed of 4 miles per hour without stopping until only one person is left.