The Rats
The chilling, bestselling classic from the Master of Horror
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4.6 • 147 Ratings
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- £4.99
Publisher Description
A special 50th anniversary edition of the classic bestselling horror novel The Rats.
‘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, author of The Shining and Carrie
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! Capable of inciting riots and causing bloodshed‘ - Grady Hendrix, New York Times bestselling author of How to Sell a Haunted House
‘A seminal work from a king of British horror‘ - Adam Nevill, author of The Ritual
Customer Reviews
Can't put it down
A great easy to read book with interesting plots and gruesome endings. First read this book when I was 14 years old and still as readable and enjoyable today 30+ years on. Highly recommended
The Rats.
If you like horror stories, then this is a book for you. A vivid imagination is not a necessity when you know all it would take is the "mad scientist", the right (or wrong) experiment and a private environment to make this horror story a regrettable reality. Part two ( Lair ) and part three(Domain) carry this truly horrific tale even further. I could not put the book down once i'd started to read it. Absolutely fantastic !
The rats
I definitely think if I read this in the 70s when it was written I probably would have found it more frightening therefore better but I didn't get the chills or spooked when I was reading it. I also think it's too hyped this book! I was expecting it to be amazing but thought it was only alright! Having said all that I did enjoy it, it just wasn't amazing.
**SPOILER ALERT**
I'm also really disappointed because I really wanted to know why the rats didn't eat some people and that never got explained!