Anthony Giangregorio / AP Fuchs
With long thin tails, beady eyes and usually carriers of plagues, rats are one of the most reviled creatures on the planet. And for good reason. Vicious in the extreme, rats will go to great lengths to find food and have no qualms about feeding on human flesh if there is a need. Imagine being trapped in the sewers of New York while all around you are hundreds of rats, their hungry eyes watching and waiting for a chance to attack. Or maybe you find yourself in a garbage dump and are helpless, and as night begins to fall, the rats come out to feed...on you. While digging a grave in a cemetery, the rats are there, waiting for a chance to pounce. Or one dark night, the rats enter your house while you sleep, to then swarm over you while you lay helpless in bed. These are the stuff of nightmares, of horrors best left in the dark. Welcome to Rat War, where the battle to survive may not always be the outcome you might expect, and where the worst enemy may be your own fear. 3