Series
Rats
James Herbert · 3 novels · 1 short story · 1974–1994
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. It was followed by two sequels, Lair and Domain, which widen the outbreak first to the countryside and then to a besieged, apocalyptic city, completing a three-book trilogy.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources
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The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
- Omnibus editions(1 edition)
Map
Rats at the centre, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
Stats
By decade
- 1970s2
- 1980s1
- 1990s1
Shape
3 novels · 1 short story
1 author · completed series
Mood
Grim and intense: 100% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 46%.