Cry Silver Bells
core novel 1977 The Minotaur Trilogy
Record
| First published | 1977 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.70 (81 ratings, collected 2026-09-05) |
| Page count | 192 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780879973452 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
Cry Silver Bells, published by Thomas Burnett Swann in 1977, concludes the Minotaur Trilogy and is set earliest in the sequence's internal chronology, generations before the events of the other two books. Hora, a courtesan, and her cousin Lordan, a thief, are banished from human civilization and cast into the dreaded Country of the Beasts as punishment for their crimes. Rather than perishing there as intended, the pair gradually befriend the mythical creatures who call the hidden realm home, and Hora finds herself drawn to Silver Bells, an earlier Minotaur of the same lineage that will one day produce Eunostos. As Hora and Lordan adjust to exile among centaurs, dryads, and other beings unknown to the outside world, their fates become increasingly bound to the Country of the Beasts and the creatures who first took them in.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Minotaur Trilogy
- Series: The Minotaur Trilogy core; position 3 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Thomas Burnett Swann
Notes
- From the series record (The Minotaur Trilogy): Day of the Minotaur first appeared serialized in Fantastic magazine (September/October 1964-January/February 1965) before its 1966 book publication; the print-edition-first rule applies and the book year is used here.
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 Minotaur Trilogy: position 3 of 3: previous The Forest of Forever (1971)
Sources
- Science Fiction Encyclopedia: Swann, Thomas Burnett
- ISFDB: Thomas Burnett Swann
- https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/literature-and-writing/minotaur-trilogy-thomas-burnett-swann
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