{"title":"The Michael Butler Collection","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"the-gauntlet-the-novelization","title":"The Gauntlet: The Novelization","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eBy Michael Butler \u0026amp; Dennis Shryack\u003cbr\u003eWith A New Introduction by Michael Butler\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\" dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\" dir=\"auto\"\u003eBurned-out Phoenix cop Ben Shockley gets what looks like a throwaway assignment: pick up a witness in Las Vegas and bring her back for a mob trial. The witness turns out to be Augustina \"Gus\" Mally, a sharp-tongued call girl who insists she knows too much to arrive alive.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\" dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\" dir=\"auto\"\u003eAt first Ben thinks it's just paranoia. Then the bullets start flying.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\" dir=\"auto\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\" dir=\"auto\"\u003eAs they cross the desert toward Phoenix, the trip becomes a rolling ambush, with bikers, hitmen, and even fellow cops trying to turn their escort into a funeral procession. Realizing they've been set up as disposable pawns, Ben and Gus barrel toward the city in a last-ditch run through a gauntlet of gunfire.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eFrom 1972 through 1985, screenwriters Michael Butler \u0026amp; Dennis Shryack wrote films that included\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Gauntlet, Pale Rider, The Car, Code of Silence, Flashpoint, Bells (\u003c\/em\u003eaka\u003cem\u003e Murder by Phone\u003c\/em\u003e) and more. Encyclopocalypse Publications is proud to reissue this long-out-of-print novelization of \u003cem\u003eThe Gauntlet\u003c\/em\u003e, now featuring an all-new introduction by Michael Butler. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Encyclopocalypse Publications","offers":[{"title":"Mass Market Paperback","offer_id":42995837632579,"sku":null,"price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":42995837665347,"sku":null,"price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/2826\/3235\/files\/The-Gauntlet-Kindle.jpg?v=1771617381"},{"product_id":"pale-rider-the-novelization","title":"Pale Rider: The Novelization","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eBy Alan Dean Foster\u003cbr\u003eBased on the Screenplay by Michael Butler and Dennis Shryack \u003cbr\u003eWith A New Introduction by Michael Butler\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHIS NAME WAS DEATH... AND HELL FOLLOWED WITH HIM\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarbon Canyon is just like any other gold-rush camp in California - until suddenly the innocent miners and their families become victims of random and brutal attacks by ruthless corporation gunmen, led by Coy Lahood.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut then a mysterious stranger rides into the dusty settlement as if in answer to the miners' prayers. He alone will challenge thegreed and guns of Lahood's thugs. He alone will become a catalyst for hope and retribution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom 1972 through 1985, Michael Butler \u0026amp; Dennis Shryack wrote films that included The Gauntlet, Pale Rider, The Car, Code of Silence, Flashpoint, Phone Call (aka Murder By Phone) and more. Encyclopocalypse Publications is proud to reissue this long-out-of-print novelization of Pale Rider, now featuring an all-new introduction by Michael Butler and an afterword by Alan Dean Foster.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Encyclopocalypse Publications","offers":[{"title":"Mass Market Paperback","offer_id":43637766324291,"sku":null,"price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Exclusive Webstore Mass Market Paperback","offer_id":43637772222531,"sku":null,"price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":43637766357059,"sku":null,"price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/2826\/3235\/files\/PRA.png?v=1786057972"},{"product_id":"murder-by-phone-the-novelization","title":"Murder by Phone: The Novelization","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003e\u003cspan dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;\"\u003eBy Jon Messmann\u003cbr\u003eBased on the Screenplay by Michael Butler and Dennis Shryack \u003cbr\u003eWith A New Introduction by Michael Butler\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e(Please allow 6-8 weeks for delivery of variant covers.)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA fresh and innocent girl just off the farm answers the ringing phone in a New York subway station.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA harried corporate executive picks up the phone in his private office.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA voluptuous young woman pushes aside her lover for the night as she answers the phone at her bedside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA brutish taxi driver takes a call in his rundown flat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd instant death-as a lethal electric charge comes hurtling through the receiver.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCrusading consumer advocate Nate Bridger refuses to believe the chain of coincidences or the answers he is given. He pursues the facts behind the telephone company cover-up and police procedures to discover the awesome, blood-chilling truth. Impossible, they had told him. Impossible, you may tell yourself. But is it?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSee what happens to your nerves\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWHEN THE PHONE RINGS...\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom 1972 through 1985, Michael Butler \u0026amp; Dennis Shryack wrote films that included The Gauntlet, Pale Rider, The Car, Code of Silence, Murder By Phone (aka Phone Call) and more. 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This is the only place to buy all 6 covers at once, for a discounted price. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA fresh and innocent girl just off the farm answers the ringing phone in a New York subway station.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA harried corporate executive picks up the phone in his private office.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA voluptuous young woman pushes aside her lover for the night as she answers the phone at her bedside.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA brutish taxi driver takes a call in his rundown flat.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd instant death-as a lethal electric charge comes hurtling through the receiver.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCrusading consumer advocate Nate Bridger refuses to believe the chain of coincidences or the answers he is given. He pursues the facts behind the telephone company cover-up and police procedures to discover the awesome, blood-chilling truth. Impossible, they had told him. Impossible, you may tell yourself. 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