<p>Book Two in Herbert’s classic ‘rats’ series. </p> <p>They've waited long enough. The mutant white rats had grown and mated, creating offspring in its own image. They dominated the others, the dark-furred ones, who foraged for food and brought it back to the lair. Now the dark rats were restless, tormented by a craving they could not satisfy. But the white slug-like thing that ruled them knew. Its two heads weaved to and fro and a stickiness drooled from its mouth as it remembered the taste of human flesh. </p> <p>James Herbert was one of Britain’s greatest popular novelists and our #1 best-selling writer of chiller fiction. Widely imitated and hugely influential, he wrote 23 novels which have collectively sold over 54 million copies worldwide and been translated into 34 languages. </p> <p>Born in London in the forties, James Herbert was art director of an advertising agency before turning to writing fiction in 1975. His first novel, <i>The Rats</i>, was an instant bestseller and is now recognised as a classic of popular contemporary fiction. </p> <p>Herbert went on to publish a new top ten best-seller every year until 1988. He wrote six more bestselling novels in the 1990s and three more since: <i>Once, Nobody True</i> and <i>The Secret of Crickley Hall</i>. </p> <p>Herbert died in March 2013 at the age of 69. </p>

<p>Book Two in Herbert’s classic ‘rats’ series. </p> <p>They've waited long enough. The mutant white rats had grown and mated, creating offspring in its own image. They dominated the others, the dark-furred ones, who foraged for food and brought it back to the lair. Now the dark rats were restless, tormented by a craving they could not satisfy. But the white slug-like thing that ruled them knew. Its two heads weaved to and fro and a stickiness drooled from its mouth as it remembered the taste of human flesh. </p> <p>James Herbert was one of Britain’s greatest popular novelists and our #1 best-selling writer of chiller fiction. Widely imitated and hugely influential, he wrote 23 novels which have collectively sold over 54 million copies worldwide and been translated into 34 languages. </p> <p>Born in London in the forties, James Herbert was art director of an advertising agency before turning to writing fiction in 1975. His first novel, <i>The Rats</i>, was an instant bestseller and is now recognised as a classic of popular contemporary fiction. </p> <p>Herbert went on to publish a new top ten best-seller every year until 1988. He wrote six more bestselling novels in the 1990s and three more since: <i>Once, Nobody True</i> and <i>The Secret of Crickley Hall</i>. </p> <p>Herbert died in March 2013 at the age of 69. </p>