Darkly disturbing, The Rats is the traditional, bestselling novel that launched James Herbert’s career.

It was only once the bones from the first devoured victims were discovered that the true nature and power of the swarming black creatures using their razor-sharp teeth as well as the taste for human bloodstream began to be realized by a panic-stricken city. For millions of years man and rats had been organic enemies. However now for the very first time – suddenly, shockingly, horribly – the balance of power had shifted .