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.'