num_pages: 320
description: Something is stirring in London's dark, stamping out its territory in brickdust and blood. Something has murdered Saul Garamond's father, and left Saul to pay for the crime.But a shadow from the urban waste breaks into Saul's prison cell and leads him to freedom. A shadow called King Rat, who reveals Saul's royal heritage, a heritage that opens a new world to Saul, the world below London's streets--a heritage that also drags Saul into King Rat's plan for revenge against his ancient enemy,. With drum 'n' bass pounding the backstreets, Saul must confront the forces that would use him, the forces that would destroy him, and the forces that shape his own bizarre identity.
language: English
title: King Rat
titlecomplete: King Rat
genres: Weird Fiction, Science Fiction, Science Fiction Fantasy, New Weird, Horror, Urban Fantasy, Fantasy, Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Magical Realism
ratings_count: 9351
places: London, England
awards: awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Bram Stoker Award
category: Best First Novel, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: International Horror Guild Award
category: First Novel, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: British Book Award, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis
category: Bestes ausländisches Werk (Best Foreign Work)
publisher: Tor Books