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Giants of the Frost
Giants of the Frost first edition cover.
AuthorKim Wilkins
Cover artistGayna Murphy
LanguageEnglish
GenreFantasy, horror
PublisherVoyager
Publication date
28 April 2004
Publication placeAustralia
Media typePrint (hardback & paperback)
Pages448 pp (first edition)
ISBN978-0-7322-7405-4

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]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Giants of the Frost by Kim Wilkins". Fantastic Fiction. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
  2. ^ "Giants of the Frost by Kim Wilkins". HarperCollins. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
  3. ^ "aurealis awards, previous years' results" (PDF). Aurealis Awards. Retrieved 3 January 2010.