"The Most Dangerous Game" is a short story by Richard Connell that follows a big-game hunter named Sanger Rainsford. After falling overboard, he swims to a remote island owned by the mysterious General Zaroff, who also hunts for sport. Rainsford soon discovers that Zaroff has grown bored with hunting animals and now pursues humans instead. The story explores themes of survival, the hunter versus the hunted, and the moral implications of hunting for sport, culminating in a deadly game between Rainsford and Zaroff.