by Algernon Blackwood · Wildside Press LLC · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780809511785
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In this novel by Algernon Blackwood, Robert Spinrobin answers an advertisement from a retired clergyman seeking an assistant with a tenor voice and knowledge of Hebrew. He soon finds himself embroiled in an experiment to uncover a hidden power of sound that could hold the keys to the universe. Along with three other individuals, Spinrobin becomes part of a 'human chord' whose goal is to pronounce the name of God. However, as the crucial moment approaches, Spinrobin fears that instead of invoking God, they may unleash dark and destructive forces.
Algernon Henry Blackwood was an English broadcasting narrator, journalist, novelist and short story writer, and among the most prolific ghost story writers in the history of the genre. The literary critic S. T. Joshi stated, "His work is more consistently meritorious than any weird writer's except Dunsany's" and that his short story collection Incredible Adventures (1914) "may be the premier weird collection of this or any other century".
