Domain - James Herbert

Domain is the third in the series from Herbert, based on the mutant, giant killer rats. In my opinion it is the best of the three and can be enjoyed as a standalone book or if read in order as a trilogy it is even better. OVERVIEW London and the surrounding areas are hit with five nuclear bombs. The warning sirens are very late to wail and very few have time to escape to shelters. Hundreds flee into underground railway stations to avoid the blasts ...
...are simply blown to bits or crushed and mutilated from collapsing buildings. Culver was on his way to the bank when the sirens began their frightening alarm, and whilst running to find appropriate shelter, he bumps into Dealey, a man who has been blinded by the flash of the bomb but who knows of a government shelter that will protect them if they can reach it. Down into the tunnels of the underground station they go, watching countless atrocities ...

wendybull 17.01.2007 · Read full review
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This may have been written 5 years after the previous instalment of the trilogy but it loses none of its ability to shock. I did initially read it with some trepidation as I thought there was no way Herbert could take the story any further but as normal I was wrong, he manages to twist yet another excellent novel out of the rats saga. This time though its in the aftermath of a nuclear conflict when mankind is at his weakest and the Rats take full ...
...with Herbert throwing in scene after scene of gory mutilations ….. and you thought youd seen it all in The Rats and The Lair !!! There is a thread of a story running through it which culminates in a final chase scene where the rats show off their ability to swim no less !! All in all a pretty good read although the actual overall theme of the book, i.e, man eating rats, does wear a little thin as you would expect in the third of a trilogy. ...

Mickm9 09.02.2001 (04.02.2001) · Read full review
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Having read the first two "rat" books, i was prepared to be averagely absorbed. However, from page one I was gripped. The book starts off within minutes of the nuclear blast which wipes out a good proportion of Britains population. Herbert sets the scene to demonstrate the effects of the blast by using several characters, whose activites go no further than to show the reader the horrific way in which they died. He then focuses on some of the main ...
...the underground and by chance discovery of an underground bunker. It is when they venture out of the bunker that they encounter the true horror of whats left of their world, including marauding gangs and hungry, unafraid rats. The latters delight at the huge food source at their disposal poses ultimate challenges for the heroic group trying to reach safety. This book did it for me because of the challenges the aftermath of nuclear war threw at the ...

orackle131 20.03.2006 · Read full review
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I found this book REALLY good. It was extemely real and the way it flashed through different characters made it even more life like. The image of the rats was horrific and made me abit aprehensive of finishing the read! i would definatly recommend it. ...

Rose90 01.09.2008
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