Publisher's Synopsis
After an atomic war . . . what then? Too few of us will survive a holocaust. Too few of us are prepared! But after the atomic war . . . what then? Then our planet will be populated by whatever living things can best survive the radiation fallout caused by the bombs. And rats can absorb more than twice the amount of radiation as man and live! Is our planet doomed to be left to the rodents? Read this compelling, terrifying novel and learn howa post atomic war Adam and his Eves battle the rats to death!The Hamelin Plague began with a few small items in the newspapers - dead dogs and cats, a mutilated child, a series of unexplained fires. Then, suddenly, it exploded into a full-sized catastrophe.Huge mutants - half rat, half man - began to take over the world, stealing children for slaves and destroying whole cities and their populations.Only a few people escaped, among them Tim Barrett, his wife, Jane, and a handful of survivors. Alone on the high seas in a small ship, they set off to find the island where Dr. Theodore Piper had been experimenting with a sonic death ray. They knew Dr. Piper was their only hope for personal and world survival - if he was still alive . . . if the King Rats hadn't forced him to serve their evil purpose . . . and if he could find a way to stop the spreading horror of invasion.
