Duel

A man driving west on a hot, empty highway notices a truck and soon finds himself drawn into an increasingly dangerous road pursuit. What begins as a strange passing contest turns into a fight for safety, control, and survival.

The title story is framed as a tense, compact thriller built around uncertainty: the truck driver is largely unknown, and the danger grows through small, escalating actions rather than explanation. Readers repeatedly describe it as a stripped-down, suspense-heavy chase with a climactic ending.

The larger book is a short-story collection, and many readers say the other stories lean more toward science fiction, speculative horror, and twist-driven weirdness than pure terror. Commonly mentioned elements include aliens, time travel, alternate dimensions, futuristic technology, and unsettling domestic or roadside scenarios.