Synopsis
The restless rats return in James Herbert’s Lair, the second horror novel in the Rats trilogy.
The “Outbreak” was a tragedy London thought it had buried. But deep within the ancient, shadowed groves of Epping Forest, a new terror is feeding.
Investigator Lucas Pender – haunted by the family he lost to the first wave of mutants – recognizes the chilling signs: mutilated livestock and an eerie, unnatural silence in the woods. These aren’t mere scavengers; they are immense, intelligent predators with a reawakened lust for human blood. Led by a grotesque, two-headed master and a cunning, scarred survivor, the pack begins a coordinated massacre that defies every known poison.
As the forest becomes a military slaughterhouse, Pender must plunge into the subterranean darkness to confront a biological horror faster and hungrier than anything humanity has ever faced. The natural order is shifting – and we are no longer at the top.
Praise for James Herbert:
‘The Rats is splatterpunk deluxe’
Stephen King
‘Lean, mean, and nasty as punk’
Grady Hendrix
‘A one-off; a true horror original’
Peter James
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Reviews
“The Rats is splatterpunk deluxe. Not only great, gory fun but a prime example of what was once called "the British nasty." I loved it then, love it still”Stephen King, bestselling author of The Shining and The Mist on The Rats
“Lean, mean, and nasty as punk”Grady Hendrix, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires, on The Rats
“A one-off; a true horror original”Peter James, author of the Roy Grace books, on The Rats
“A king of British horror”Adam Nevill, author of The Ritual on The Fog
