The Runner (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781668069967)

He's running for his life. And he's running out of time.

Jay has been hunted since he was twenty years old. A contract on his life has been traded like a commodity, rising and falling with Bitcoin for decades. On the run once again with no passport and airmiles as his only currency, Jay will have to choose between love and survival, and run for his life.

While staying at an all-inclusive resort, surviving off of the points he accrued in a previous, more successful life, Jay meets Ellie, a beguiling fellow runner who may even be faster than he is, and is harboring secrets of her own. When an assassin appears poolside, Jay is on the run again, but this time with Ellie, as they find themselves on a catamaran helmed by a sinister and reckless crew.

The Runner is about high-finance, con artists, the Book of Jonah, ultramarathons, and how falling in love can change everything. Darkly funny, sexy, and exciting, Scarlett Thomas--author of the "work of gonzo genius" (The New York Times), The Sleepwalkers--readers from the sun-drenched roads of Cyprus to the rain slicked streets of Kent in this high-concept literary thriller.

Author: Scarlett Thomas
ISBN-10: 1668069962
ISBN-13: 9781668069967
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Language: English
Published: 11/03/2026
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.98lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.67d