The Infernal

By Kim Wilkins

Book Overview

A chilling story of witchcraft, murder and erotic obsession in the bestselling tradition of Anne Rice.Lisa is the singer in an underground rock'n roll band about to hit the big time. But the prospect of success is soured when their fans start ending up dead in a forest outside town, their bodies hideously mutilated.Lisa's sleep is haunted by disturbing recurring dream. Each time the dream returns, it becomes clearer and more detailed. She is walking through a forest in the dark of night. The squeaking sound is the wheel of the wheelbarrow she is pushing. Her clothes feel stiff and heavy because they are covered with blood. The wheelbarrow is heavy because it contains a body. The high keening sound is the hysterical sobbing of the woman who walks beside her.As Lisa explores the dreams further, she becomes convinced that they are not dreams, but episodes from a past life. A life as Lady Elizabeth Moreton, herbalist and wise woman. A woman whose desire to live beyond the constricting boundaries of life as a woman in seventeenth century England led her into the arms of a charming and dangerous man. And an unholy pact with the devil ...Can the murders in Lisa's twentieth-century life be linked to the events in Lady Elizabeth's in the seventeenth century?As the novel reaches its terrifying climax, Lisa must confront her greatest enemy - and her greatest love.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0091834171
• ISBN13: 9780091834173
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Arrow Books
• Length: 490 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Infernally Good

I agree with the other reviewer! This is one of my fav horror books. Great to see a female heroine. Even better to have a double narrative which keeps the reader poised waiting to switch back a few hundred years. The pace of the novel is perfect. If you like Laruell Hamilton's Anita Blake vampire books then try this one--this heroine's a lot more believable...

Dark, goth fable

If you happen to like Poppy Brite and Caitlin Kiernan, don't miss this one. Kim Wilkin's first oeuvre (winner of the Australian Aurealis awards for best horror and best fantasy novel) stars Lisa, the gother-than-goth, prettier-than-pretty leader of a Sisters Of Mercy-like band who gets caught in a dark spiral of gory murders and erotic obsessions. Has Lisa made a pact with Ole Scratch himself? I'm not gonna spill the beans: just read The Infernal and find out for yourself. A dark, chilling, goth fable not to be missed. Why didn't it find an American publisher? Jeez...