'Splatterpunk deluxe . . . I loved it then, love it still'
- Stephen King
The brutal, masterfully gory classic of British horror, The Rats is the multimillion-copy bestseller from James Herbert.
The first victim was a former paper salesman drinking himself into oblivion down by the docks. Next a child and her beloved dog, then six drifters fighting over a bottle of gin - all devoured by a black, writhing mass of giant rats.
As London descends into panicked chaos, high school teacher Harris is pulled head-first into the nightmare when a student arrives with a rat bite on his hand. And he quickly realises that this is no ordinary creature, nothing like anyone has ever seen before.
With their intelligent, wicked-looking eyes and razor-sharp teeth, the balance of power between man and rat has suddenly - shockingly, horribly - shifted.
The rats have had their first taste of human blood.
And they're hungry for more . . .
'Lean, mean, and nasty as punk, The Rats are here!'
- Grady Hendrix, bestselling author of How to Sell a Haunted House
'A seminal work from a king of British horror'
- Adam Nevill, author of The Ritual
| ISBN: | 9781035048090 |
| Publication date: | 3rd October 2024 |
| Author: | James Herbert |
| Publisher: | Nightfire an imprint of Pan Macmillan |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 208 pages |
| Series: | The Rats Trilogy |
| Genres: |
Contemporary horror and ghost stories Dystopian and utopian fiction Thriller and Suspense Science Fiction |
'Splatterpunk deluxe . . . I loved it then, love it still'
- Stephen King
The brutal, masterfully gory classic of British horror, The Rats is the multimillion-copy bestseller from James Herbert.
The first victim was a former paper salesman drinking himself into oblivion down by the docks. Next a child and her beloved dog, then six drifters fighting over a bottle of gin - all devoured by a black, writhing mass of giant rats.
As London descends into panicked chaos, high school teacher Harris is pulled head-first into the nightmare when a student arrives with a rat bite on his hand. And he quickly realises that this is no ordinary creature, nothing like anyone has ever seen before.
With their intelligent, wicked-looking eyes and razor-sharp teeth, the balance of power between man and rat has suddenly - shockingly, horribly - shifted.
The rats have had their first taste of human blood.
And they're hungry for more . . .
'Lean, mean, and nasty as punk, The Rats are here!'
- Grady Hendrix, bestselling author of How to Sell a Haunted House
'A seminal work from a king of British horror'
- Adam Nevill, author of The Ritual
The Rats features in the following genres: Contemporary horror and ghost stories, Dystopian and utopian fiction, Thriller and Suspense, Science Fiction
The Rats is available in Paperback
The Rats was written by James Herbert and published by Nightfire an imprint of Pan Macmillan
The Rats has 208 pages
Yes it is part of The Rats Trilogy series
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