{"product_id":"the-gauntlet-the-novelization","title":"The Gauntlet: The Novelization","description":"\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\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\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\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\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\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\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\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\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom 1972 through 1985, screenwriters Michael Butler \u0026amp; Dennis Shryack wrote films that included\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\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\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Encyclopocalypse Publications","offers":[{"title":"Mass Market Paperback","offer_id":68091826438380,"sku":null,"price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":68091826471148,"sku":null,"price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0853\/9616\/0748\/files\/The-Gauntlet-Kindle.jpg?v=1793915063","url":"https:\/\/eastworth.shop\/products\/the-gauntlet-the-novelization","provider":"Bexley House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}