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  • Cover of Rats
    RatsSeries

    series · 4 books · 1974

    completed

    Horror, dark and tense in tone, about survival, set in contemporary and british isles.

    “The Rats, James Herbert's 1974 debut novel, imagines a plague of giant mutant rats overrunning London, told through a rotating cast of victims and survivors in the tradition of British disaster horror.”

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  • Cover of Cell
    CellNovel

    Stephen King · standalone novel · 2006

    Post-apocalyptic, about plague and pandemic, set in our world and north america.

    “In Cell, King taps into readers fears of technological warfare and terrorism.”

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    The FogNovel

    James Herbert · standalone novel · 1975

    About madness, set in our world.

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    Sleeping BeautiesNovel

    Stephen King & Owen King · standalone novel · 2017

    About plague and pandemic and gender and society, set in north america and small town.

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    DreamcatcherNovel

    Stephen King · standalone novel · 2001

    Alien invasion, about aliens and friendship, set in north america.

    “According to the author in his afterword, the working title was Cancer.”

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  • Cover of The Strain
    The StrainSeries

    series · 3 books · 2009

    About vampires and plague and pandemic, set in north america.

    “When a Boeing 777 lands at JFK Airport with nearly everyone aboard dead, CDC epidemiologist Ephraim Goodweather is called in and instead uncovers a vampiric plague beginning to spread through New York City.”

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