NMLP P-006071 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-04

Breathless

Dean Koontz · Bantam · 2009

The Bantam US trade hardcover is the true first. The book itself announces "a signed, limited edition has been privately published by Charnel House," but Joe Stefko of Charnel House confirms no such edition was ever produced, so the Bantam trade stands alone as the first.

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New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-006071 for "Breathless" by Dean Koontz (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-006071, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).