'It began with a few small items in the newspapers - dead dogs and cats, a mutilated child, a series of unexplained fires. Then suddenly it exploded into a full sized catastrophe.
Huge mutants - half rat, half man - began to take over the world, stealing children for slaves and destroying their populations.
Dr. Theodore Piper had been experimenting with a sonic death ray. Could he find a way to stop the spreading horror of invasion?' (www.bertramchandler.com)
Wrirting about his latest novel, The Hamelin Plague, Chandler talks about his decision to base the story on mutated rats and include a nudist club sequence. He also provides some insight into his relationship with publishing company Cavill. Although its editor didn't like the first two chapters, resulting in 'an exchange of slightly acrimonious correspondence,' the finished work was eventually accepted.The article also includes an extract from Chapter 20.
Wrirting about his latest novel, The Hamelin Plague, Chandler talks about his decision to base the story on mutated rats and include a nudist club sequence. He also provides some insight into his relationship with publishing company Cavill. Although its editor didn't like the first two chapters, resulting in 'an exchange of slightly acrimonious correspondence,' the finished work was eventually accepted.The article also includes an extract from Chapter 20.
