The Black Tower

An eleven hour, eleven episode limited series. Professor Peter Asher arrives outside a gleaming black tower that has mysteriously materialized in the heart of a major city. A command center has been set up nearby, from which the operation is to be directed. Young Dr. Asher is led into the tower through the only door. He travels a long hallway, comes out onto a landing that overlooks an impossible scene: An alien jungle. Where the walls and ceiling should be is a wilderness landscape stretching out to an alien horizon, an alien sky hovering low overhead; yet there is something unreal about the images set against the walls and ceiling… evidence that all is not as it appears. Asher must lead a group of scientists across this jungle in search of the access to the second floor and beyond. With a handful of soldiers to protect them, they will explore this landscape, and whatever unknown landscapes await them, as they work their way, floor by floor, to the top floor of the tower and the inevitable confrontation with whatever is behind the creation of the tower. General Wong and his dedicated staff offer what assistance they can from the command center outside the tower. That support will quickly prove more difficult to provide, for just as the team leaves the safety of the landing, the one and only access into the tower vanishes. Communication between the team is sporadic and in most respects those in the tower are on their own. There will be no reinforcements, no rescue. As the team journeys the floors, they cross paths with the Acolyte, servant of the entity behind the creation of the tower and the gauntlet the team must travel. These encounters offer clues and some answers, and present added mysteries. It is through the Acolyte that we slowly gain an understanding of the being waiting for the team in the Great Hall. Note: Detailed prospectus package includes miniseries bible with episode overview paragraphs and brief character backgrounds. NOTE: Episode 1 of the series placed semi-finalist in the LA International Screenwriters Competition, TV Pilot category, coming in ahead of 2000 other screenplays. The eleven episodes have been adapted to one hour novellas, available in ebook and audiobook formats. The episodes have also been collected into an omnibus volume "The Black Tower - the complete series", available in paperback, large print paperback, hardcover and ebook formats. recent feedback re literary collection: “I highly recommend this book to anyone who likes their sci-fi with a bit of intrigue, adventure, suspense and a splash of creepy horror.” "The most interesting SF I've read in years. Well done! Will there be a sequel?"