Rage (novel)
Rage (originally titled Getting It On) is the first novel by Stephen King under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. Though he wrote it before his first published novel, Carrie, it wasn't published until 1977.The novel is about a high school senior who brings a gun to school one day and shoots his teacher. From there, he takes his class hostage, and comes to a stand-off with the police over his actions.
The novel is reminiscent of the events of the Columbine High School massacre. After that event happened, the author allowed Rage to go out of print out of fear that it may inspire similar events. At the time, it was part of a compilation of Richard Bachman books called The Bachman Books. The other novels that appeared in that compilation (The Long Walk, Road Work, and The Running Man) are now published as separate books.
Note that this novel is not to be confused with The Rage: Carrie 2, which was a movie sequel to Carrie and is unrelated to this novel.