All the Bells on Earth

core novel 1995 The Christian Trilogy

Record

First published	1995
Original language	EN
Work type	novel
Canon status	core
Reader rating	3.94 (413 ratings, collected 2026-10-27)
First-edition ISBN	9780441002474
Internal chronology	3

Synopsis

In the dead of night a man climbs the tower of St Anthony's Church, driven by a compulsive urge to silence the bells; in a deserted alley a seemingly random victim is consumed by a torrent of flames; and in the deceptive light of day Walt Stebbins, a mail-order businessman in Orange, California, receives a bizarre artifact, a glass jar containing the preserved body of a bluebird. The package was meant for his former friend and rival Robert Argyle, one of three local businessmen who sold their souls two decades before, and Walt's keeping back the bluebird of happiness may be the best thing that could happen to Argyle and the worst thing that could happen to Walt.

Where it sits

• Universe: The Christian Trilogy
• Series: The Christian Trilogy core; position 3 of 3 in the series' recorded order
• Author: James P. Blaylock

Notes

• From the series record (The Christian Trilogy): Three linked contemporary fantasies.

Neighbouring works

Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.

• Reading order, within the series The Christian Trilogy: position 3 of 3: previous The Paper Grail (1991)

Sources

• Worlds Without End: All the Bells on Earth (The Christian Trilogy: Book 3)
• Publishers Weekly: All the Bells on Earth review (winner of two World Fantasy Awards)
• OverDrive: All the Bells on Earth (publisher description)
• Baen: All the Bells on Earth (publisher description)
• Hachette Australia: All the Bells on Earth (publisher description)

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