The Link

Colorado Springs: Gauntlet Press, 2006. First Edition. Of an edition of 552 copies signed by the author, Richard Matheson, this is one of the special 52 lettered copies with extra features. As new in dust jacket enclosed in the publisher’s original box. The Link began as a 557-page outline Richard Matheson wrote for a proposed 20-hour ABC-TV mini-series in the 1970's. Television executives asked him to shorten the series into 7 hours. Later, after Matheson had written three hours of the miniseries the two parted company. Matheson's vision could not be condensed without destroying the essence of the plot and characters. This is that original outline, in narrative form, appearing here in publication for the first time. The story follows Robert Allright as he explores both his own demons and those of psychics past, as he struggles to decipher his father's dying wish to explore an archeological dig in Arizona. His only clue is a mystifying crystal that his father believes is the key to a great discovery. The Lettered edition has one of the manuscript pages from The Link signed by Matheson, and each book has a different page to add to its uniqueness. The Lettered edition will also contain a portion of the teleplay Matheson wrote for ABC-TV in the printed book, itself.