Grimoire

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From the author of the award-winning The Infernal, winner of the 1997 Aurealis Awards for Best Horror and Best Fantasy comes Kim Wilkins' stunning new novel: GRIMOIRE The Book of Eternal Life ...For centuries magicians have compiled grimoires to call up demons. In Victorian London, an ambitious warlock called Peter Owling designs a book to summon the Lord of Demons himself - Satan - and thereby achieve eternal life. But not even his beautiful young acolyte, Christian, grasps the full extent of his master's plans ...In twentieth-century Melbourne, a group meets in secret at Humberstone College, dedicated to reassembling Owling's book. But there are others meeting at Humberstone, too: three postgraduate students drawn to the College's mysterious past, its gloomy underground labyrinth, and what they come to suspect are its current secrets. A beautiful young man appears to one of them in a mirror. He seems carry a warning ... but can his dreadful story be true?An ancient curse, highly erotic visits from 'the other side', intrigue in darken chambers - and a group of people to determined to cheat death, whatever the price.Praise from mainstream and fanzine press for The Infernal:'Australian horror novels written with intelligence and devotion are rare. The Infernal ... is one of those books.'SKINTOMB'A magical, terrifying story, The Infernal will raise the hairs on any die-hard's neck ... a good choice for Poppy Z. Brite fans ... Read it with the lights on.'WEEKEND'[a] richly bloody fantasy of necromancy, romantic and spiritual possession, sex and murder-most-mutilatory ... a real page-turner'SYDNEY MORNING HERALD 'Move over Poppy Z. Brite - Australia has its own madam of horror. Wilkins has produced a book that will make your skin crawl and your hair stand on end.'HERALD SUN'a tightly written tale of witchcraft and murder.'CAIRNS POST'has enough witchcraft, murder and erotic obsession to melt the coldest Tim Tam.'THE MORNING BULLETIN'Talented Wilkins seems at home in any century.'AUSTRALIAN WOMEN'S FORUM