He relentlessly draws the reader through the story's ultimate revelation - one that will stay to chill the mind long after the book has been laid aside. With a skillful blend of horror and thriller fiction, he explored the shaded territories of evil, evoking a sense of brooding menace and rising tension. Widely imitated and hugely influential, his 19 novels have sold more than 42 million copies worldwide.Īs an author he produced some of the most powerful horror fiction of the past decade. I realised what amazing descriptive writing and character development was possible. I read it right away that night and it blew my mind. And he handed me a copy of James Herbert’s The Fog. But, if you like that kind of thing, read this. He was one of our greatest popular novelists, whose books are sold in thirty-three other languages, including Russian and Chinese. A chilling story of madness and murder, The Fog is a classic horror novel from James Herbert, author of The Rats.It begins with a crack that rips the earth. He smiled and said, I thought you might think that. James Herbert was Britain's number one bestselling writer (a position he held ever since publication of his first novel) and one of the world's top writers of thriller/horror fiction. 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. A peaceful village in Wiltshire is shattered by a disaster which strikes without reason or explanation, leaving behind a trail of misery and horror.Ī yawning, bottomless crack spreads through the earth, out of which creeps a fog that resembles no other.

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