The Voice of the Mountain
core novel 1984 Silver John
Record
| First published | 1984 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.12 (92 ratings, collected 2026-11-02) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9780385183970 |
| Internal chronology | 5 |
Synopsis
Cry Mountain gets its name from a mysterious wailing that comes from its slopes. People who have gone up to find the source have not come back. John, the wandering balladeer with a silver-stringed guitar, hears of the mountain and goes to learn what is crying there. He is drawn into a struggle against a warlock of very great power who intends to reshape the world to his own design, beginning with a killing on a large scale. John has to rely on his folk knowledge, his courage and his music against a threat that is larger than any he has faced in the hills before. This is the last of the novels about him.
Where it sits
- Universe: Silver John
- Series: Silver John core; position 5 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 5 of 5: previous The Hanging Stones (1982)
Sources
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