Book description
It's Not Human!
It began with a few small items in the newspapersÂ-dead dogs and
cats, a mutilated child, a series of unexplained fires. Then,
suddenly, it exploded into a full-sized catastrophe.
Huge mutantsÂ-half rat, half manÂ-began to take over the world,
stealing children for laves and destroying while 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 ahd been
experimenting with a sonic death ray.
They knew Dr. Piper was their only hope for personal and world
survivalÂ-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.
A. Bertram Chandler was a British-Australian science fiction
writer with more than forty novels and 200 works of short fiction
published. He was known internationally for turning his personal
experiences as a maritime marine officer into realistic
characterization of a spaceship's crew. He won three Ditmar Awards for
achievement in Australian science fiction, as well as Japan's
prestigious Seiun Award.
