I Am Legend - by Richard Matheson

About the Book

"Robert Neville is the last living man on Earth. The sole survivor of a vampire pandemic, he spends his days hunting the undead through the ruins of Los Angeles. By night, he is the hunted; the undead are hungry for Neville's blood, and will stop at nothing to get it. As Robert works to understand the virus and find a cure for the affliction, his days of isolation and fear turn into months, then years. But as a new society spawns from the ashes of Robert's world, he risks becoming the very thing he hunts: a legend."--Provided by publisher.

Book Synopsis

From Richard Matheson, author of Hell House, comes I Am Legend And Other Stories, featuring the titular classic tale, a New York Times bestseller and winner of the Vampire Novel of the Century Award.

"The author who influenced me the most as a writer was Richard Matheson. Books like I Am Legend were an inspiration to me." --Stephen King

Robert Neville is the last living man on Earth.

The sole survivor of a vampire pandemic, he spends his days hunting the undead through the ruins of Los Angeles. By night, he is the hunted; the undead are hungry for Neville's blood, and will stop at nothing to get it.

As Robert works to understand the virus and find a cure for the affliction, his days of isolation and fear turn into months, then years. But as a new society spawns from the ashes of Robert's world, he risks becoming the very thing he hunts: a legend.

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 many 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 screenplays for movies and TV, including several Twilight Zone episodes.