The Rats

by James Herbert

Overview

Out of the sewers and streets comes the biggest threat London has ever faced—rats, hungry for human flesh—in this 40th anniversary edition of the classic bestseller

It was only when the bones of the first devoured victims were discovered that the true nature and power of these swarming black creatures with their razor sharp teeth and the taste for human blood began to be realized by a panic-stricken city. For millions of years, man and rats had been natural enemies. But now, for the first time—suddenly, shockingly, horribly—the balance of power had shifted. . . This is a special 40th anniversary edition of the classic bestseller that launched horror writer James Herbert's career.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781447264507
Publisher:	Pan Macmillan
Publication date:	10/01/2014
Series:	Rats Series , #1
Edition description:	40th Revised ed.
Pages:	208
Sales rank:	378,692
Product dimensions:	5.10(w) x 7.70(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

James Herbert is the author of 23 novels which have sold more than 54 million copies worldwide, and have been translated into more than 30 languages. In 2010, he was made the Grand Master of Horror by the World Horror Convention, and was also awarded an OBE by the Queen for services to literature.

Editorial Reviews

If The Rats, with its scenes of gruesome horror and its blasted East End landscape, is not a literary version of ‘Anarchy in the UK,’ what is?" —Stephen King

"Read Herbert and you’re like a baby gripping a 10,000 volt cable, hands smoking, unable to tear them away even as your brain turns to cinders." —tor.com

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