The Hanging Stones
core novel 1982 Silver John
Record
| First published | 1982 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.03 (157 ratings, collected 2026-11-02) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780385176729 |
| Internal chronology | 4 |
Synopsis
Noel Kottler, a wealthy industrialist, is building a replica of Stonehenge on a mountaintop in the Appalachians of North Carolina as the centrepiece of a new tourist attraction. Strange events trouble the construction, which Kottler dismisses as having no supernatural cause. John, a mountain balladeer with a silver-stringed guitar and a feeling for the supernatural, believes that the stone circle has awakened an ancient evil. He is also affected personally, because his beloved Evadare is threatened. As the project nears completion, John works to protect the mountain people from old spirits, a pack of werewolves and members of spiritualist churches, all gathered around the new stones.
Where it sits
- Universe: Silver John
- Series: Silver John core; position 4 of 5 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Manly Wade Wellman
Notes
- First published by Doubleday.
- From the series record (Silver John): Five novels about a wandering balladeer who fights supernatural evil in the Appalachian mountains.
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 Silver John: position 4 of 5: previous The Lost and the Lurking (1981) · next The Voice of the Mountain (1984)
Sources
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