Op elf maande word beide Oscar Pistorius se bene net onder die knie geamputeer weens 'n genetiese gebrek. Maar Oscar laat hom nie van stryk bring nie. Oscar is die verhaal van hoe 'n jong man met die ondersteuning van sy ouers die struikelblokke van die lewe oorkom deur te weier om tou op te gooi. In sy eie woorde vertel Oscar van sy grootwordjare: van boomhuis bou; kaskar ry en rem aanslaan met die kunsbene; van sport en skool en meisies. Dit is 'n beeld van 'n seun soos enige ander, want niks sou hom laat glo hy is gestremd nie. In 2004 begin hy aan atletiek deelneem. 'n Jaar later wen hy twee goue medaljes tydens die Paralimpiese Wêreldkampioenskap. Maar sy wedloop is nog nie voltooi nie. In 2007 neem Oscar deel aan sy eerste internasionale kompetisie vir ongestremde atlete. 'n Polemiek bars los: gee die kunsledemate Oscar 'n onregverdige voordeel? Uitgebreide toetse in Duitsland en Amerika volg, en in 'n verhoor voor die Sporthooggeregshof in Switserland word Oscar gelyk gegee. Hierdie boek volg Oscar Pistorius se verhaal van seuntjie sonder bene tot sportsuperster. Die boek het oorsronklik in Italië verskyn, waar Oscar groot beroemdheid geniet en is deur die bekende radiopersoonlikheid Tossie Lochner vertaal.

"Blade Runner" is the inspirational memoir of Oscar Pistorius. Discover his incredible, emotional journey from disabled toddler to international sports phenomenon.
At eleven months old, Oscar Pistorius had both his legs amputated below the knee. His mother wrote a letter to be read by Oscar when he was grown up: 'A loser is not one who runs last in the race. It is the one who sits and watches, and has never tried to run.'
On discovering that their son had been born with no fibulae, Oscar's parents made the difficult decision to have both his legs amputated, giving him the best possible chance of a normal life. Oscar received his first pair of prosthetic legs at just seventeen months, made specifically for him. From then on he became invincible: running, climbing and, with the encouragement of his older brother, getting into any mischief he could.
Throughout the course of his life Oscar has battled to overcome extraordinary difficulties to prove that, with the right attitude, anything is possible. Now a world-renowned athlete holding two Paralympic world records for the 100m and 200m, Oscar faces his ultimate fight: to fulfil the dream of competing at the 2012 Olympics.
"Blade Runner" charts the extraordinary development of one of the most gifted sportsmen and inspirational figures on the planet -- from immobilized child to world-class sprinter.