There were two issues here:
* The non-inline link was used incorrectly, and should have a colon after the specifier.
* A compile error was generated from having a non-escaped `*`.
These can be verified by running `rst2html`:
```sh
$ rst2html.py ./restructuredtext.rst tmp.html
./restructuredtext.rst:24: (WARNING/2) Inline emphasis start-string without end-string.
./restructuredtext.rst:59: (WARNING/2) malformed hyperlink target.
```
After adding the colon, and adding the escape
```sh
$ rst2html.py ./restructuredtext.rst tmp.html
$
```
I've also added a sentence on escaping.
