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James Herbert, OBE (1943-2013) was a best-selling English horror writer who originally worked as the art director of an advertising agency. His first two books, The Rats and The Fog, are disaster novels. Ith his third novel, the ghost story The Survivor, Herbert used supernatural horror rather than the science fiction horror of his first two books. In Shrine, he explored his Roman Catholic heritage with the story of an apparent miracle which turns out to be something much more sinister. He Spear deals with a neo-Nazi cult in Britain and an international conspiracy which includes a right-wing US general and an arms dealer.

James Herbert, OBE (1943-2013) was a best-selling English horror writer who originally worked as the art director of an advertising agency. With his third novel, the ghost story The Survivor, Herbert used supernatural horror rather than the science fiction horror of his first two books. His first two books, The Rats and The Fog, are disaster novels. In Shrine, he explored his Roman Catholic heritage with the story of an apparent miracle which turns out to be something much more sinister.

One of the most popular and notorious horror novels ever published, The Fog was immediately branded as a needlessly violent hack work, but is now recognized, thanks largely to the efforts of Ramsey Campbell and Stephen King, as a classic in the field This is the first time the book has been published in hardcover in the United States, and as such it is a true first edition nd, of course, the definitive edition amsey Campbell has contributed an excellent new introduction to the novel.

Myth sewn, with head and tail bands, yellow ribbon marker, and translucent title pages Set in Caslon, the book is 384 pages and is over 6 × 9 inches tall imited to 300 copies, each book is signed by James Herbert and Ramsey Campbell.

Edition Details

• Limited to 300 copies, each signed by James Herbert and Ramsey Campbell.
• Introduction by Ramsey Campbell.
• Printed cloth on the front and back covers.
• Two bonus short stories by Herbert.
• Multi-layered translucent title page.
• Ribbon marker, head and tail bands, three-piece cloth construction.

External Links

• The Fog. Centipede Press page for The Fog
• James Herbert (ISFDB). ISFDB entry for James Herbert