Legion by William Peter Blatty - Lettered Edition

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A deeply philosophical mystery filled with suspense and horror, Legion is William Peter Blatty’s sequel to The Exorcist.

When a deaf-mute boy is found horribly murdered in a mock crucifixion, Lieutenant Kinderman sees it not only as a crime but as a larger mystery: whether or not a merciful God can exist if He allows such monstrous evil. His investigation leads him to a cast of unusual suspects: An elderly woman who witnessed the crime, a neurologist grieving the loss of his wife, a psychiatrist with a macabre sense of humor, and a mysterious mental patient locked in silent isolation.

As the detective follows a bewildering trail that links these individuals, he confronts a new enigma at every turn. Why does each victim suffer the same dreadful mutilations? Why are two of the victims priests? Is there a connection between these crimes and another series of murders that took place twelve years ago? To discover the answers and solve the case, Lieutenant Kinderman will have to grapple with the ultimate mystery of faith.

Legion was first published in 1983—twelve years after the enormous success of The Exorcist. Critics called the novel “infinitely more suspenseful than The Exorcist” (Los Angeles Times), “mesmerizing and horrifying” (USA Today), and “heart-skipping horror” (Cosmopolitan).

In 1990, William Peter Blatty adapted Legion into The Exorcist III, both writing the screenplay and directing the motion picture.

The signed limited edition of Legion by William Peter Blatty is presented in three states: Lettered, Numbered and Artist editions.

LETTERED EDITION

• 6" x 9" trim size.
• 320 Pages.
• Limited to 26 copies.
• Signed by Michael Peter Blatty and Matt Mahurin.
• Dorfner style binding.
• Binding is sewn on supports with goat leather strips laminated to silk, with the boards attached to the textblock by the sewing supports.
• Boards are covered in full goatskin.
• Foil blocking on the spine.
• Tapes on the covers are hidden under leather decors cut from the same goatskin as the cover.
• Flyleaves are covered with a suede material on one side.
• Gemini symbol is hand-cut from brass by Piotr Czołczyński, and is patinated and attached to the front cover.
• Clamshell enclosure is full European cloth with a blind debossed cover.
• New exclusive introduction by Michael Peter Blatty.
• Six full color illustrations by Matt Mahurin.
• Set in Copernicus and Erler Titling.
• Printed offset on Mohawk Via Vellum paper.
• Housed in a quarter leather clamshell enclosure with a rounded spine and gold lettering.
• Bookmark with all pre-orders.

Published editions may differ slightly from mockups and prototype designs.
Lettered edition photography by Yegor Malinovskii.
Illustrations © 2022 by Matt Mahurin.