ROAD RAGE Two Novellas: "Duel" and "Throttle"

This audio-only collection features Richard Matheson's story, "The Duel," and the first collaboration between Stephen King and Joe Hill, "Throttle," a tribute to Matheson. Both stories follow the desperate fortunes of characters who are targeted by anyone's highway nightmare—a crazy truck driver hell-bent on revenge. Stephen Lang narrates with an intensity faithful to the stories' mood. When the grille of the eighteen-wheeler fills the characters' rearview mirrors, he's breathless and angry. When the truck driver backs off, Lang brings across the characters' hope for an unlikely resolution to the madness. Lang, who won an Audie Award for Hill's HEART-SHAPED BOX, is particularly suited to "Throttle," in which the targeted characters are all part of a murderous motorcycle gang. By the end of their ordeal, even these gritty road warriors seem sympathetic. A.H.A. © AudioFile 2009, Portland, Maine [Published: FEBRUARY 2009]