Rats is an electrifying novel, a gripping tale that captivates readers with its pulse-pounding narrative, making it nearly impossible to set down. In the shadows of a landfill on the outskirts of New York City, an army of rats emerges—led by a mastermind as shrewd and fierce as Attila the Hun. When humans encase the rubbish mounds in layers of impenetrable tar, they inadvertently sever the rats from their vital food source. Faced with this dire threat to their survival, the rats unleash a furious, determined response.

Author Zindel intriguingly weaves authentic snippets of rat behavior and hierarchy into the storyline, grounding the fiction in a reality where such occurrences feel frighteningly plausible. A pair of young protagonists stand in defiance of this relentless rat legion, armed only with their understanding of rat psychology as they confront a merciless and ingenious foe.