James Herbert

It was only when the bones of the first devoured victims were discovered that the true nature and power of these swarming black creatures with their razor-sharp teeth and the taste for human blood began to be realised by a panic-stricken city. For millions of years man and rats had been natural enemies. But now for the first time - suddenly, shockingly, horribly - the balance of power had shifted... `The effectivenes of the gruesome set pieces and brilliant finale are all on its own' Sunday Times

The Rats

A peaceful village in Wiltshire is shattered by a disaster which strikes without reason or explanation, leaving behind a trail of misery and horror. A yawning, bottomless crack spreads through the earth, out of which creeps a fog that resembles no other. Whatever it is, it must be controlled.

The Fog

Another classic James Herbert chiller, reissued by PanThree nights of terror at the house called Edbrook. Three nights in which David Ash, there to investigate a haunting will be victim of horrifying and maleficent games. Three nights in which he will face the blood-chilling enigma of his own past. Three nights before Edbrook's dreadful secret will be revealed.... And the true nightmare will begin Remember with Fear! 'Disturbing atmosphere and constant unpleasant shocks' Daily Mail

Haunted

We thought we'd found our haven, a cottage deep in the heart of the forest. Charming, maybe a little run down, but so peaceful. That was the first part of the Magic. Midge's painting and my music soared to new heights of creativity. That was another part of the Magic. Our love for each other -- well, that became the supreme Magic. But the cottage had an alternative side. The Bad Magic. "What happened to us there was horrendous beyond belief. The healings, the crazy sect who wanted our home for themselves, the hideous creatures that crawled from the nether regions, and the bats -- oh God, the bats! Even now those terrible things seem impossible to me. Yet they happened..." 'Beautifully orchestrated crescendo of suspense...Herbert had brought the shivers back to the genre.' Washington Post

The Magic Cottage

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.

Lair

Psychic investigator David Ash delves into the mysterious events terrorizing the community of Sleath, and as each dark secret is unveiled, evil forces are unleashed, and Ash fears for his own sanity as well as that of the village people. Reprint.

The Ghosts of Sleath

It came like a malignant shadow with seductive promises of power. And somewhere in the night, a small girl smiled as her mother burned. Asylum inmates slaughtered their attendants. In slimy tunnels, once-human creatures gathered. Madness raged as the lights began to fade and humanity was attacked by an ancient, unstoppable evil.

The Dark

The classic story of post-nuclear horror. New cover reissue.

Domain

A little deaf-mute girl called Alice has a vision in which a lady in shimmering white says she is the immaculate conception. Suddenly, Alice can speak and hear again, and can perform miracles. But Alice's power may not be heaven-sent.

Shrine

Ash features one of Herbert's best-loved characters, David Ash, the sceptical paranormal detective, first encountered in The Ghosts of Sleath and Haunted – both No. 1 bestsellers. Ash is investigating a mysterious and secluded stately home, deep in the countryside. There have been reports from locals about strange goings on, they think it might be haunted... What Ash eventually discovers is truly shocking. Prepare to be chilled to the marrow...

Private eye Nicholas Dismas is hired to find a baby taken at birth. His investigation leads him to a home for the elderly. Here Dismas will discover the dark secret of the Others. In an astonishing and spectacular finale, he will resolve the enigma of his own existence.

Others

The Survivor

John Childes, a man whose mind is possessed by pure evil and who commits brutal acts of murder at the time of the full moon, searches for a way to end the nightmare

Moon

He was a stringy mongrel wandering the streets, driven by a ravenous hunger and hunting a quarry he could not define. Somewhere in the depths of his consciousness, the dog they called Fluke knew that he was once a man.

Fluke

1945. Sachant la guerre irrémédiablement perdue, Hitler décide de lancer sur l'Angleterre la dernière et la plus terrifiante de ses armes secrètes : des V2 chargés d'une substance meurtrière qui se répand dans l'atmosphère et tue instantanément la plupart des êtres humains. Parmi les rescapés, seuls ceux dotés d'un groupe sanguin très rare - AB négatif - sont définitivement épargnés. Les autres ne bénéficient que d'un sursis : ils mourront lentement de la Peste Ecarlate. 1948. Hoke, un pilote de chasse américain, porteur du précieux groupe sanguin, survit dans Londres en ruine en se cachant des Chemises Noires, une milice de néonazis atteints par le fléau, convaincus que leur salut réside dans des transfusions complètes du sang d'individus comme lui. Dans le métro transformé en gigantesque mausolée, dans les palaces dévastés et jusque dans la Tour de Londres, l'Américain et ses semblables devront lutter contre les rats, les meutes de chines sauvages et les humains pour qui la seule loi encore en vigueur est celle de la jungle : tuer ou être tué. Unanimement considéré comme l'un des maîtres du roman d'horreur - sa série des Rats est devenue un classique -, James Herbert révèle une nouvelle facette de son talent avec cette escapade formidablement réussie dans le domaine de l'aventure fantastique.

Quarante-huit

At a cloistered English estate, L'ain Halloran protects a multinational company's employees--including a man with double-edged psychic abilities to uncover treasures and manipulate minds--from an unspeakably violent evil

Sepulchre

Returning from an out-of-body experience only to discover that he has been murdered, James True suspects the work of a serial killer who has been terrorizing the city and sets out in spirit form to discover the truth, an endeavor that is complicated by the discovery that his loved ones are the killer's next targets. Reprint.

Nobody True

The shadow of his past was always with him, but he never knew what it was or when it would strike next. Sent to a small coastal town to investigate drug smuggling, Kelso soon found his life—and his sanity—in great danger.

The Jonah

When Steadman agreed to investigate the disappearance of a young Mossad agent, he had no idea he would be drawn into a malevolent conspiracy of neo-Nazi cultists bent on unleashing an age-old unholy power on an unsuspecting world - power rising out of a demonic relic from man's dark primal past to threaten humanity with horror from beyond any nightmare.

The Spear

Sometimes horror is in the mind and sometimes it's real. Telling the difference isn't always easy, especially for Joe Creed. He'd just photographed the unreal, and now he had to pay the price. Because he has always thought that demons were just a joke. But the joke was on him.

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