Description: The fiftieth-anniversary edition of a horror classic. From James Herbert, the king of British horror, The Fog is the horrifying story of a fog that drives the inhabitants of an ordinary Wiltshire village insane.
Brief description: James Herbert was not only Britain's number one bestselling writer of chiller fiction, a position he held ever since publication of his first novel, but was also one of our greatest popular novelists. Widely imitated and hugely influential, his twenty-three novels have sold more than fifty-four million copies worldwide, and have been translated into over thirty languages, including Russian and Chinese. In 2010, he was made the Grand Master of Horror by the World Horror Convention and was also awarded an OBE by the Queen for services to literature. His final novel was Ash. James Herbert died in March 2013.
Review Quotes:
"James Herbert comes at us with both hands, not willing to simply engage our attention, he seizes us by the lapels and begins to scream in our faces" --Stephen King, author of The Shining and The Mist
"Lean, mean, and nasty as punk" --Grady Hendrix, author of How to Sell a Haunted House, on The Rats "A one-off; a true horror original" --Peter James, author of the Roy Grace books, on The Rats "A king of British horror" --Adam Nevill, author of The Ritual