6/8/2023 0 Comments Lair by James Herbert![]() Instead of an art teacher, we have an actual rat expert on the scene, avenging his family’s death from one of the many thousands killed in the first book and throwing himself into the world of extermination. It’s improved by the hero, in a way, over the first book. ![]() The rebel rat broods almost as much as the hero. It’s very similar to the first book–set in the woods (where the rats have fled since they now associate London with mass death), where they have set up a new rat HQ (basically same spooky ruined mansion as the first one), with 2 headed albino monstrosities as ruler, with special rat guards, and a growing rat revolution. But there is a character in Lair that might be an insight into James Herbert’s real dark side – what if he had not become a success as a writer? Might he have turned into the gym teacher character I’ll bring up later in this review? Its no coincidence the pair published their first book the same year, just on different sides of the pond. Along with Stephen King, Herbert was an innovator and modernizer of the horror novel. This is Part 2 of his Rat trilogy of books and it still holds up well nearly 40 years later. ![]() ![]() ![]() Epping Forest in this case…I have a weakness for stories where animals or insects turn on humans. ![]()
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