Synopsis
The third in the Rats trilogy, international bestseller James Herbert’s Domain pits man against mutant rats who are back with a vengeance.
When five nuclear warheads level London, the survivors believe the worst is over. They are wrong. Beneath the radioactive rubble, in the lightless veins of the London Underground, a prehistoric hunger has awakened.
Steve Culver, a pilot haunted by his past, leads a desperate band of survivors through crumbling tunnels toward a secret government bunker. But the darkness is alive. Enormous, black-furred rats – mutated by radiation and led by a telepathic Mother Creature – are hunting for human blood. As the government’s horrific experiments come to light, Culver realizes these vermin aren’t just scavengers; they are a new, dominant species rising to claim the ruins.
Trapped between a lethally irradiated surface and a subterranean nightmare, humanity’s time has run out. In the silence of the deep, the screaming has only just begun.
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
“Not for the nervous”Daily Mirror
“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




































