Domain

by James Herbert

Book Overview

Man versus rat--the balance of power has shifted The long-dreaded nuclear conflict has come. The city is torn apart and its people destroyed or mutilated beyond hope. For just a few, survival is... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451134710
• ISBN13: 9780451134714
• Release Date: March 1985
• Publisher: Signet Book
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Lotsa Rats In Post WW3 London!!!They're Pretty Scary Too!!!

Once again James Herbert delivers the goods in this novel about Post World War 3 London. The author introduces the reader to Alex Dealy, the Civil Servant and loner Steve Culver who take refuge in an underground Nuclear Fall Out Shelter.All is well at first in this microcosm of Society which exists in the Shelter but tensions soon arises between individuals as they all have different expectations of what their lives should be post WW3.What is even worse is that is appears that 'Super Rats" have taken over the streets of London which is discovered when a group of survivors leave the safety of the Shelter to explore what is happening at street level. This novel is compulsive reading for anybody who likes their Horror well written and believable.

Herbert's best book never - a masterpiece!

This is James Herbert's best book ever and one of the best horror novels ever written. WWIII erupts over London and the survivors hide below the destroyed capital and away from the radiation. But below, the huge, mutant rats wate for them. Man's final struggle with these killers is the basis for this awesome novel. The action, suspense, gore and horror is incredible. What a book!

Great Story by a Horror Classic Author!

This book was such a great guilty pleasure to read, I didn't want it to end. A nuclear attack on London forces survivors to take refuge under the streets in the subways and fallout shelters, little do they realize...there are large mutant flesh eating rats searching for food!. Scary/gory (B) movie fun ensues. Flawed in parts but great in others, what a powerful beginning!, hooks you in the first few pages and moves along like a freight train to it's shudder inducing climax.

Rats Trilogy goes out with a winner.

Domain is a truly disturbing Cold War era disaster thriller. WWIII breaks out and, in a spine tingling opening, London is flattened by a nuclear bomb. As survivors as well as the walking dead (i.e. those suffering from the slow death of radiation poisoning) struggle out of the rubble, the giant rats once again arise to feed.In this final entry in the rats saga, bestselling British horror novelist James Herbert expertly combines the then popular post apocalyptic survival yarn with the standard rats action for a truly awesome read. His vignette narrative style is perfectly suited for the location hopping that the epic scope of the story calls for. One chapter in particular, concerning a survivor in a sealed off bomb shelter with a most unwelcome cat for a companion, has been reprinted as a short story in several horror anthologies. Even if you have not read the previous entries, and, considering that the rats themselves are the only returning characters, you don't need to, any fan of action laced horror will find something to enjoy here. Herbert was at the height of his game with this novel and I give it my highest recommendation.

Breathtaking..

I reckon this is one of the best horror books ever written. The pace of this novel is amazing - the first character we're introduced to meets with a grisly ending on the second page!! The idea is fantastic: not only does London get destroyed by a nuclear holocaust (the only place to avoid the fallout being the underground) but deadly rats thrive on the radiation and cause havoc to the few remaining survivors!! Wow! (Deep breath) The best scene is where a search party leaves the underground tunnels for the first time to check that the radiation levels are low enough to survive. They meet rabid dogs, walk through destroyed shops and generally see a world in the light of day that is so totally removed from before. This would make a fantastic film!! I RECOMMEND THIS BOOK TO ABSOULTELY ANYBODY..