But he never knew what it was, or when it would strike next. The shadow of the past was always with him. Asylum inmates slaughtered their attendants, in slimy tunnels once-human creatures gathered. And somewhere in the night, a small girl smiled as her mother burned. It came like a malignant shadow with seductive promises of power. Its two heads weaved to and fro and a stickiness drooled from its mouth as it remembered the taste of human flesh. But the white slug-like thing that ruled them knew. Now the dark rats were restless, tormented by a craving they could not satisfy. They dominated the others, the dark-furred ones, who foraged for food and brought it back to the lair. The mutant white rat had grown and mated, creating offspring in its own image. A power so terrible it threatens the world itself.

Neo-nazi cultists want to unleash an ancient and demonic power. On the hunt for a sinister arms dealer, however, what he discovers is a conspiracy of unfathomable horror. Hunting a prey he cannot not define, driven by a primal instinct he cannot ignore.Ī young Mossad agent is found dead and private detective Harry Steadman is asked to investigate. A dog wanders the streets, compelled by a ravenous hunger. A truth Keller does not want to know but will be forced to confront.įluke is the moving story of a dog with the memories of a human, with the signature twisting plot James Herbert is famed for. Until the town is forced to face the shocking, dreadful evil that is now buried in the old graveyard. Now the dead are buried in the town of Eton and its inhabitants are trying to forget. Spreading through the air it leaves a deadly, horrifying trail, destined to devastate the lives of all those it encounters. Out of the bottomless pit creeps a malevolent fog. It begins with a crack that rips the earth apart. But now for the first time - suddenly, shockingly, horribly - the balance of power had shifted. For millions of years man and rats had been natural enemies. It was only when the bones of the first devoured victims were discovered that the true nature and power of these swarming black creatures with their razor sharp teeth and the taste for human blood began to be realized by a panic-stricken city.

The Jonah by James Herbert