They slime, the ooze, they kill...

One female slug can lay one and half million eggs a year- a fact

which holds terrifying consequences for the people of Merton. As the

town basks in the summer heat, a new breed of slug is growing and

multiplying. In the waist-high grass, in the dank, dark cellars they are

acquiring new tastes, new cravings. For blood. For flesh. Human

flesh...

"Britain's greatest living horror author."

—Dark Side

"An expert in the art of keeping the reader turning the pages."

—Time Out

"Hutson writes grippingly."

—SFX Magazine

'The one that writes what others only dare imagine.' SUNDAY TIMES