A dog wanders the streets, compelled by a ravenous hunger. Hunting a prey he cannot define, driven by a primal instinct he cannot ignore. He is more than he thinks, more than he can remember, and in the depths of his brain the memory of what he once was is clawing for release . . .

'The author has an undeniable knack for thrilling, as few other writers have . . . he sure can tell a devil of a story' Literary Review

James Herbert was not just 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.