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    '48

    By James Herbert

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    '48 by international bestseller and Master of Horror, James Herbert, explores a horrifying alternative end to the Second World War.

    In 1945, Hitler unleashed the Blood Death on Britain as his final act of vengeance.

    Those who died at once were the lucky ones. The really unfortunate took years. The survivors – people like me, who had the blood group that kept us safe from the disease – were now targets for those who believed our blood could save them.

    I survived for three years. I lived alone, spending my days avoiding the fascist Blackshirts who wanted my blood for their dying leader. Then I met the others – and life got complicated all over again . . .

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPan Macmillan
    Release dateJan 12, 2017
    ISBN9781447294627
    '48
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    James Herbert

    James Herbert was not only Britain’s number one bestselling writer of chiller fiction, a position he held ever since publication of his first novel, but was also one of our greatest popular novelists. Widely imitated and hugely influential, his twenty-three novels have sold more than fifty-four million copies worldwide, and have been translated into over thirty languages, including Russian and Chinese. In 2010, he was made the Grand Master of Horror by the World Horror Convention and was also awarded an OBE by the Queen for services to literature. His final novel was Ash. James Herbert died in March 2013.

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    • 4/5
      '48 is set in London, after WW II. In the story, the war ended when Hitler unleashed a biological weapon on the earth. The only survivors are those who are slowly dying, and those who are immune due to their blood type. Hoke, our hero, is an American airman eking out an existence, while hiding from the Blackshirts, a group of Nazi sympathizers. Accompanied by his faithful pooch Cagney, he spars with the Blackshirts on and off, until one day he comes across other survivors. As usual James Herbert writes a good story, with a very realistic wartime London atmosphere. The characters are interesting and I found myself worrying about Hoke. I rushed to get to the end, which indicates that the book is well worth reading.
    • 2/5
      This is far from James Herbert's greatest work. It's an entertaining enough adventure set in an alternate post WWII London. If you're not familiar with James Herbert then I suggest you look at some of his other work first.
    • 3/5
      This is an ok Book bit silly in places but overall original idea. It makes you think what would London be like if it was virtually empty. I read this as I used to read some of the late authors books when I was younger.
    • 5/5
      A hell of a read! Fast paced, a rollercoaster of a book with the potential of a blockbuster movie. For years, I neglected James Herbert, but I'm glad I rediscovered him. Won't tell you anything about the story, but it's better than all the zombie-shit the fiction-business nowadays produces!
    • 1/5
      Really just quite unenjoyable. There were a couple of moments when I thought that something was about to get intersting, but it turned out I'd just misread or imagined something which the author was not driving at.I found much of the story to be precitable and a lot more just poorly written. It seems to want to be a horror book but it really wasn't particularly frightening at any stage. Only one part of the book actually felt a bit gruesome to me and this was right at the end and just seemed ridiculous and completely out of keeping with the rest of the book. It involved a womans unborn baby having been eaten out of her womb by rats!The rest of the sotry felt a little underdeveloped and lazy, lets throw in some blackshirts and a little bit about the nazi sypathies of the aristocracy and a twist about a German who isn't all that bad etc.I can't stress enough how much of a chore it felt to read this, all I could think about was what else i could have been reading instead. I will definitely not be looking at any more books by this author.
    • 3/5
      Fast moving sci fi type horror story - Easily read but fairly predictable
    • 3/5
      Eh, it was alright. Macho man with issues saves some people in an almost post-apocalypse type London in 1948, after Hitler ended the war by unleashing a genocidal disease. I thought at the start I'd love it (post-apocalypse! Places I recognise!) but ended up being about the characters, which is *usually* what I want in a book, but I didn't really care for these characters. Huge pile of cliches. The dog was alright but underused ;). The main narrator was awful. Must kill. Uh. Pretty woman. Must notice body shape whilst running for life. Must hate. Must punch. Etc, etc. Boys books.

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