James Herbert, '48 Review

Overall Rating

A fantastic return to form for Herbert. Nothing short of a masterpiece!

Predictable characters....but that's it!

James Herbert, '48 - Synopsis:
"In 1945, Hitler unleashes the Blood Death on Britain as his final act of vengeance. Hoke, an American pilot and one of a tiny minority with a rare blood group unaffected by the deadly disease, has survived alone among the debris and the dead of London for three years. Now, in '48, a slow-dying group of Facist Blackshirts believe their only hope is a complete transfusion of blood from one of Hoke's kind. Ever more desperate as their deaths approach, they're after his blood. Running for his life, Hoke is rescued by other survivors and together they're pursued in a spectacular but deadly chase through London's ravaged streets and historic landmarks, reaching a dramatic and explosive climax at the top of Tower Bridge."

First published in 1996 and running for 320 pages, '48 received a great response from the public, with its terrifying post-apocolyptic storyline that throws you into a world of carnage and destruction. With only a few survivors left, Herbert brings you some rather predictable characters who come together for no other reason than survival.

Herbert off-loads piles of blood soaked action in this non-stop action novel. Difficult to put down from the start, '48 is a fantastic return to form for one of Britian's best loved horror authors.

I'd recommend this book to anyone who's read and enjoyed any of Herbert's work before.