The Lost and the Lurking
core novel 1981 Silver John
Record
| First published | 1981 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.00 (222 ratings, collected 2026-11-02) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780385171557 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
John, the wandering balladeer with a silver-stringed guitar, is hired by the United States government to look into rumours of devil worship and satanic rites in Wolver, an isolated mountain community that outsiders rarely visit. He travels there to find a town with an unhealthy secret and a beautiful, charming witch at the head of a coven. The villagers are friendly on the surface, but John soon sees that they want something from him. Armed only with his guitar, his knowledge of folk magic and his own conscience, he has to find out what is going on in Wolver and decide whether to join the coven or stand against it.
Where it sits
- Universe: Silver John
- Series: Silver John core; position 3 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 3 of 5: previous After Dark (1980) · next The Hanging Stones (1982)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Silver John
- ISFDB mirror (AuthorWars) publication record
- Worlds Without End
- Skulls in the Stars review
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