Just Stephen King, writing as Richard Bachman, can see right now the horror of an excellent and angry man who fights back against bureaucracy when it threatens to destroy his vitality, real estate, and memories. “Under any name Ruler mesmerizes the audience” (Chicago Sun-Times).

“I listened to myself. But people speak a different vocabulary inside.’

It’s all coming to a finish for Barton Dawes. The city’s Highway 784 expansion is along the way of being built right across town and inexorably through every about Roadwork facet of Bart’s existence-whether it’s about to barrel on the laundry herb where he makes a full time income, or soon to smash through the house where he makes a existence. But as a result, something’s been taking place inside Bart’s mind that a heartless regional bureaucracy isn’t prepared for-a full and irrevocable burnout of the mental circuit breaker that keeps a mild-mannered person from turning to violent means. As the tires of improvement and a demolition crew continue unabated throughout Bart’s community, he’s not about to provide everything up without a battle. As a matter of fact, he’s prepared and waiting around to ignite an explosive confrontation using the legislative forces collected against him….