For almost 40 years, Herbert was Britain's most popular horror author.
With sales f over 50 million copies, he carved a niche in quality
bestselling fiction all of his own. Famous for his Rats trilogy and The
Fog, he broke away from the cut-and-thrust populist horror novels of the
1970s and 80s to more thought-provoking works, featuring the scientific
reasoning behind the manifestations of the ghosts and spirits in which
he truly believed. Books such as Others, Once..and The Secret of
Crickley Hall bear testament to his growth as a writer and his
continuing desire to chill his readers. Craig Cabell's exploration into
the dark, sinister world of James Herbert is given incredible depth
thanks to a series of over a dozen exclusive candid interviews. Drawing
striking parallels between Herbert's career and the events of his life,
this work sheds light on the personal demons which drove the boy from
London's East End to become the per-eminent horror writer of his
generation. Cabell, a friend and confident of Herbert's until the very
end, shares personal correspondence and reminiscences - including one of
Herbert's previously unpublished pieces entitled To Ye All - to complete
a portrait of one of the most iconic authors of the 20th Century.
Prepare to be gripped by the utterly adsorbing last chapter in the life
of the Master of Chills.
