{"product_id":"the-rats-the-rats-trilogy-1","title":"The Rats (The Rats Trilogy, 1)","description":"A special 50th anniversary edition of the classic bestselling horror novel The Rats\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘The Rats is splatterpunk deluxe. Not only great, gory fun but a prime example of what was once called \"the British nasty.\" I loved it then, love it still'‘ – Stephen King, author of The Shining and Carrie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first victim was a former paper salesman drinking himself into oblivion down by the docks. Next a child and her beloved dog, then six drifters fighting over a bottle of gin - all devoured by a black, writhing mass of giant rats.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs London descends into panicked chaos, high school teacher Harris is pulled head-first into the nightmare when a student arrives with a rat bite on his hand. And he quickly realises that this is no ordinary creature, nothing like anyone has ever seen before.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith their intelligent, wicked-looking eyes and razor-sharp teeth, the balance of power between man and rat has suddenly - shockingly, horribly - shifted.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe rats have had their first taste of human blood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd they're hungry for more . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Lean, mean, and nasty as punk, The Rats are here! Capable of inciting riots and causing bloodshed‘ - Grady Hendrix, New York Times bestselling author of How to Sell a Haunted House\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A seminal work from a king of British horror‘ - Adam Nevill, author of The Ritual\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith a foreword by Neil Gaiman, New York Times bestselling author of Good Omens","brand":"Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47829675311330,"sku":"MTO-MACMILLAN-2026-05-22-8.55-2262","price":31.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/9898\/5881\/files\/book_261_cOMBnOZds.jpg?v=1779789441","url":"https:\/\/layitflat.com\/products\/the-rats-the-rats-trilogy-1","provider":"Lay it Flat Publishing Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}