Hunted Past Reason - by Richard Matheson (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

It was supposed to be just an ordinary camping trip, two old friends hiking through the woods of northern California. But this self-enforced isolation exposes long-hidden rivalries and resentments between the men. The deeper they get into the wilderness, far from civilization, the greater the tension becomes-until it erupts into a terrifying life-or-death battle for survival. Two men enter the woods, but only one will emerge alive . . . .

Review Quotes

"Makes the most agonizing scenes from Deliverance seem genteel by comparison . . . Matheson is a master at conveying the escalating mental anguish of the protagonist . . . and at capturing the violent, psychotic and perversely ingenious mind of his foe." --The Wall Street Journal

"Matheson's masterpiece . . . First-rate suspense." --Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"The Hemingway of horror." --Publishers Weekly (starred review)

"Recommended highly, both for Matheson's large and devoted following and for all readers of suspense stories." --Booklist

"Impossible to stop reading, and in many ways is the strongest novel of Matheson's career." --Fangoria

About the Author

Richard Matheson (1926-2013) was The New York Times bestselling author of I Am Legend, Hell House, Somewhere in Time, The Incredible Shrinking Man, Now You See It..., and What Dreams May Come, among others. He was named a Grand Master of Horror by the World Horror Convention, and received the Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement. He has also won the Edgar, the Spur, and the Writer's Guild awards. In 2010, he was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. In addition to his novels Matheson wrote several screenplays for movies and TV, including several Twilight Zone episodes.