Lair

<p><b><i>Lair</i> is the second repulsive entry in the Rats trilogy, following <i>Rats</i>. They can be read in any order. The horror continues in <i>Domain</i>.</b><br><br>The “Outbreak” was a tragedy London thought it had buried. But deep within the ancient, shadowed groves of Epping Forest, a new terror is feeding.<br><br>Investigator Lucas Pender – haunted by the family he lost to the first wave of mutants – recognizes the chilling signs: mutilated livestock and an eerie, unnatural silence in the woods. These aren’t mere scavengers; they are immense, intelligent predators with a reawakened lust for human blood. Led by a grotesque, two-headed master and a cunning, scarred survivor, the pack begins a coordinated massacre that defies every known poison.<br><br>As the forest becomes a military slaughterhouse, Pender must plunge into the subterranean darkness to confront a biological horror faster and hungrier than anything humanity has ever faced. The natural order is shifting – and we are no longer at the top.<br><br><br><b><u>Praise for James Herbert:</u></b><br><br>‘<i>The Rats</i> is splatterpunk deluxe’<br> – <b>Stephen King</b><br><br>‘Lean, mean, and nasty as punk’<br> – <b>Grady Hendrix</b><br><br>‘A one-off; a true horror original’<br> – <b>Peter James</b></p>