

Now the dark rats were restless, tormented by a craving they could not satisfy. They dominated the others, the dark-furred ones, who foraged for food and brought it back to the lair. The mutant white rat had grown and mated, creating offspring in its own image. Part of the Rats trilogy, the restless rats return in James Herbert's Lair.

But now for the first time – suddenly, shockingly, horribly – the balance of power had shifted. For millions of years man and rats had been natural enemies.

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 realized by a panic-stricken city.
