Lair written by James Herbert performed by Steven Pacey on CD (Abridged)

They've waited long enough. The mutant white rats 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, tormented by a craving they could not satisfy.

But the white slug-like thing that ruled them knew. Its two heads weaved to and fro and a stickiness drooled from its mouth as it remembered the taste of human flesh. James Herbert was one of Britain's greatest popular novelists and our #1 best-selling writer of chiller fiction.

Widely imitated and hugely influential, he wrote 23 novels which have collectively sold over 54 million copies worldwide and been translated into 34 languages. Read by Steven Pacey. This is another gruesome novel great for fans of James Herbert.