# The Infernal

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{{short description|1997 novel by Kim Wilkins}}
{{for|the 2005 novel by F. Paul Wilson|Infernal (novel)}}
{{Infobox book| <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Novels or Wikipedia:WikiProject_Books -->
| name             = The Infernal
| image            = File:TheInfernal.jpg
| caption          = First edition
| author           = [Kim Wilkins](/source/Kim_Wilkins)
| cover_artist     = [Yolande Gray](/source/Yolande_Gray)
| country          = [Australia](/source/Australia)
| language         = [English](/source/English_language)
| genre            = [Fantasy](/source/Fantasy_novel), [horror](/source/horror_fiction)
| publisher        = [Random House](/source/Random_House)
| pub_date         = 1997
| media_type       = Print ([Paperback](/source/Paperback))
| pages            = 478 pp ''(first edition)''
| isbn             = 978-0-09-183417-3
| oclc             =
}}

'''''The Infernal''''' is a 1997 [horror](/source/horror_fiction)/[fantasy](/source/fantasy_fiction) novel by [Kim Wilkins](/source/Kim_Wilkins). It follows the story of musician whose fans keep turning up dead and who is having memories that do not belong to her.<ref name="FF TI">{{cite web | url = http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/w/kim-wilkins/infernal.htm | title = The Infernal by Kim Wilkins | publisher = Fantastic Fiction | date = | accessdate = 2009-12-26}}</ref>

==Background==
''The Infernal'' was first published in Australia in 1997 by [Random House](/source/Random_House) in [paperback](/source/paperback).<ref name="ISFDB TI">{{cite web | url = http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?20699 | title = Bibliography: The Infernal  | publisher = [ISFDB](/source/ISFDB) | date = | accessdate = 2009-12-26}}</ref> It was later released in Germany, United Kingdom and France in 1999 and 2002.<ref name="HW TI">{{cite web | url = http://fantasticthoughts.wordpress.com/all-about-me/ | title = Bio | publisher = Hexebart’s Well | date = | accessdate = 2009-12-26}}</ref> ''The Infernal'' won the 1997 [Aurealis Award](/source/Aurealis_Award) for [best fantasy novel](/source/Aurealis_Award_for_best_fantasy_novel) and [best horror novel](/source/Aurealis_Award_for_best_horror_novel).<ref name="AAPYR">{{cite web | url = http://www.aurealisawards.com/downloads/history1995_2008.pdf.pdf | title = aurealis awards, previous years’ results | publisher = [Aurealis Awards](/source/Aurealis_Awards) | accessdate = 2009-12-26 | url-status = dead | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20101224172144/http://www.aurealisawards.com/downloads/history1995_2008.pdf.pdf | archivedate = 2010-12-24 }}</ref> In 2010 a limited hardcover edition was published by [Ticonderoga Publications](/source/Ticonderoga_Publications).

==References==
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==External links==
*{{isfdb title|id=20699|title=The Infernal}}

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Category:1997 Australian novels
Category:1997 English-language novels
Category:Australian fantasy novels
Category:Australian horror novels
Category:Aurealis Award–winning works

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