Giants of the Frost explained

Giants of the Frost
Author:Kim Wilkins
Cover Artist:Gayna Murphy
Country:Australia
Language:English
Genre:Fantasy, horror
Publisher:Voyager
Pub Date:28 April 2004
Media Type:Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages:448 pp (first edition)
Isbn:978-0-7322-7405-4

Giants of the Frost is a 2004 horror/fantasy novel by Kim Wilkins. It follows the story of Victoria Scott who after accepting a job on an isolated island is visited by a hag in her nightmares and a sense of familiarity in the haunted forest. In the world of Asgard, Vidar has exiled himself in order to await the reincarnation of the woman he loved.[1]

Background

Giants of the Frost was first published in Australia on 28 April 2004 by Voyager in trade paperback format.[2] It was released in the United Kingdom in both hardback and paperback formats in 2005 and in the United States in paperback format in 2006.[1] It was re-released in Australis in mass market paperback in 2005 and then as an audio edition in 2007 by Bolinda Publishing.[1] Giants of the Frost was a short-list nominee for the 2004 Aurealis Award for best fantasy novel and best horror novel but lost to Sean Williams' The Crooked Letter and Richard Harland's The Black Crusade respectively.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Giants of the Frost by Kim Wilkins . Fantastic Fiction . 2010-01-03.
  2. Web site: Giants of the Frost by Kim Wilkins . https://archive.today/20130115011101/http://harpercollins.com.au/books/9780732274054/Giants_of_the_Frost/index.aspx . dead . 2013-01-15 . . 2010-01-03 .
  3. Web site: aurealis awards, previous years' results . . 2010-01-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101224172144/http://www.aurealisawards.com/downloads/history1995_2008.pdf.pdf . 24 December 2010.