The A-Z Blog Challenge, Letter D

The fourth letter Two books, two genres - sort of.

The first one is Domain, by James Herbert. Here's the blurb:

Part of the Rats trilogy, international bestseller James Herbert's Domain pits man against mutant rats, who are back with a vengeance.

The long-dreaded nuclear conflict. The city torn apart, shattered, its people destroyed or mutilated beyond hope. For just a few, survival is possible only beneath the wrecked streets - if there is time to avoid the slow-descending poisonous ashes. But below, the rats, demonic offspring of their irradiated forebears, are waiting. They know that Man is weakened, become frail. Has become their prey . . .As the blurb indicates this is the final book in the trilogy and, although I loved all of them, this one is the best of them. It culminates the story in an epic way, with an apocalypse and then with the rats - giant, mutant rats mind - realising they have the upper hand. Can rats become this conscious and intelligent? - in James Herbert's version they can be.

He leaves nothing to the imagination, and offers horror in all it's forms (psychological and physical) like most of his early books. Later he moved into more paranormal horror, but his early books were dark, scary and full of gore. It was this book - along with The Dark, (also a D Title) which really cemented my love of his writing - but of his earlier books this one stands out. You don't need to read the other two in the trilogy to enjoy this one.

Here's a little tidbit of info on James Herbert: He designed all his own covers. He was an Art Director before he became a full-time writer.


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The second one is The Drawing of the Three, by Stephen King. Here's the blurb:

The second volume in Stephen King’s acclaimed, epic Dark Tower series.  

After his confrontation with the man in black at the end of The Gunslinger, Roland awakes to find three doors on the beach of Mid-World's Western Sea—each leading to New York City but at three different moments in time. Through these doors, Roland must "draw" three figures crucial to his quest for the Dark Tower. In 1987, he finds Eddie Dean, The Prisoner, a heroin addict. In 1964, he meets Odetta Holmes, the Lady of Shadows, a young African-American heiress who lost her lower legs in a subway accident and gained a second personality that rages within her. And in 1977, he encounters Jack mort, Death, a pusher responsible for cruelties beyond imagining. Has Roland found new companions to form the "Ka-tet" of his quest? Or has he unleashed something else entirely?

The stunning Plume edition features full-color illustrations by Phil Hale and is a collector’s item for years to come.

You didn't think we'd get through the letter D without me mentioning The Dark Tower series, did you?