And when they have someone in their sights, there’s no escaping the savage claws and razor sharp teeth of the cats. The streets of London will soon be awash with the blood their many victims. Hunting on all fours, his tough canines being used to rip open the flesh of his victims, Dempsey is now being regarded by the cats as their ferocious leader. And sick of being bullied at school, Mark Dempsey has joined the feline ranks, with his kidney disorder making him equally susceptible to the effects of the bacteria. Now, with the bacteria inducing a ferocious rage in the cats, they are on the rampage in the centre of London killing innocent members of the public whilst the lingering heat-wave keeps the entire city in a perpetual state of scorching heat. Worried for the safety of the many cats, and barely managing to stay conscious in the stifling heat, under a heat-induced daze Dempsey releases the numerous felines from the scorching hot cages. A localised power-cut has knocked out all of the air-conditioning to the laboratory, resulting in soaring temperatures in the confined room. Meanwhile, Mark Dempsey is in Inglis’ lab feeling the heat. And London is now in the middle of an unprecedented heat-wave. A bacteria that Inglis is now learning changes dramatically if subjected to temperatures exceeding 105 degrees Fahrenheit. Cages upon cages of cats, each one having been subjected to this highly experimental bacteria. As he sits with the horrified Professor discussing his progress with the research, a young schoolboy named Mark Dempsey is looking after the test subjects back in Inglis’ lab. However, after uncovering some terrifying results from the experiments, the Professor had quickly abandoned the research entirely.īut now Inglis has taken up the experiments himself.

Research that his old lecturer, Professor of Microbiology Bertram Vole, had once been involved with. Locked away in his makeshift laboratory in Paddington, Inglis has continued with the highly controversial experiments surrounding a new bio-warfare agent. His visa has long since expired, and as such, he’s been quietly living under a false name. First published back in 1977, Nick Sharman’s (a pseudonym used by US author Scott Gronmark) debut novel ‘The Cats’ hit upon the ‘animals on the rampage’ market that was made popular during that period following the unprecedented success of James Herbert’s debut novel ‘ The Rats ’ (1974).Īmerican microbiologist John Inglis has been living in Britain for quite some time now.

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