The Old Gods Waken
core novel 1979 Silver John
Record
| First published | 1979 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.67 (963 ratings, collected 2026-11-02) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780385148078 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
Wolter Mountain in the southern Appalachians is a place held sacred by the region's Native peoples and by those who lived there before them. Two Englishmen, Brummitt and Hooper Voth, have taken over the mountaintop, and strange things begin to happen around it: man-like creatures prowl the woods and evil chanting is heard at night. John, a wandering balladeer who carries a guitar strung with silver, comes to the mountain and learns that the Voths are druids from the Old World. They are trying to wake the ancient spirits that sleep at the summit. With the help of local friends and a medicine man, John must face a series of magical dangers to stop them.
Where it sits
- Universe: Silver John
- Series: Silver John core; position 1 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 1 of 5: next After Dark (1980)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Silver John
- ISFDB mirror (AuthorWars) publication record
- Rising Shadow
- Skulls in the Stars review
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