James Herbert

Reissued with new cover and the new paperback of 'The Secret of Crickley Hall'.

The mutant white rat 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, and the white slug-like thing that ruled them remembered the taste of human flesh.

The long-dreaded nuclear conflict. The city torn apart, shattered, its people destroyed or mutilated beyond hope. For just a few, survival is possible only benneath the wrecked streets - if there is time to avoid the slow-descending poisonous ashes. But below, the rats are waiting.