The Nest Los Angeles: They thrived beneath New York. They devoured London. Now… they've come for Los Angeles.

The Nest #3

by Conrad Jones

The Los AngelesThey thrived beneath New York. They devoured London. Now… they come for Los Angeles.

Deep beneath the sprawling streets of LA, in forgotten storm drains and abandoned subway tunnels, something ancient and monstrous is breeding. The homeless are disappearing without a trace, dragged screaming into the dark by huge, carnivorous nutria rats that have evolved into a perfect killing swarm.

At first, the authorities dismiss the reports, but they realise it's happening again. It's the nightmares from New York and London on their doorstep. Body parts begin surfacing in flood channels. CCTV captures shadows moving too fast to be real. Until the first attack happens above ground… in broad daylight.

As the nest swells into the millions, the city becomes a feeding ground.

Hospitals, malls, underground car parks, movie theatres, nowhere is safe. The rats are no longer hiding. They are hunting.

With Los Angeles teetering on the brink of collapse, a small, desperate task force races to uncover the nest behind the infestation. But the deeper they dig, the more horrific the answers become. The Covenant of the Nest are back and it's a disaster.

This is weaponised evolution.

Relentless, brutal, and terrifyingly fast-paced, The Los Angeles plunges readers into a nightmare where survival is measured in seconds, and the darkness beneath the city is alive with teeth.

Millions of rats. One city. No escape.

Perfect for fans of James Herbert, Stephen King, and apocalyptic creature horror.

314 pages, Kindle Edition

Published May 28, 2026

About the author

Conrad Jones is a best-selling thriller writer with 30 thriller novels.
The Anglesey Murders 10 books
The Soft Target Series 6 books
The Detective Alec Ramsay Series 6 books
The Inspector Braddick Series 4 books
The Journey Series 3 books
Cuckoos on the Mersey

18 of his books are available in audio and his novels have been translated into six languages.
He is always keen to talk to readers and writers alike, jonesconrad5@aol.com

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Reviews

[Mark · Rating 5 out of 5]

We had New York and London and now we are in Los Angeles……and its being invaded by these evil, blood thirsty and starving dog size Nutrient rats

I thought the first 2 books were terrifying but this takes it up to an even higher level

Enjoyed it being in LA and Anaheim ( where have been ) but not what these monsters did to the City, I will never think of Disneyland and ‘Its A Small World’ the same ever again

It was good also that the book looked into the evil terrorists behind these nutria, their motives and their pute callousness and the destruction they wanted to create ( and succeeded in doing )

No one but no one describes smells and sounds and fear/panic like Conrad Jones and you cant help but shudder as you read

This series needs to be a Netflix series and quickly

Astounding writing from one of our most versatile and innovative authors

[jean mary jones · Rating 5 out of 5]

The End of the World ????????..

This was another .Recommended that episode episode in a fantastic series. I really loved the whole concept. With so much blood and guts the series gives an insight into what people? will do for money,power and revenge.This was not a series I enjoyed reading but I could not stop I just had to keep going to the end. I wanted to know how the mutations were killed as well as the instigators.A well deserved 5 stars R

[Clare S · Rating 4 out of 5]

The nutria are back. And they have dragged all the editors into the tunnels of LA to let their young feast on their brains. Non stop action blah blah, but full of sloppy errors that take you out of the story. At one point he refers to LA as New York. There are entire chunks of story that seem to have been inserted into the wrong place in the book. I read the other two so had to read this. Will I read a forth? Of course I will.

[barbara · Rating 4 out of 5]

Non stop action as Los Angeles is over run by mutant Rat the size of dogs and suicide bombers ,
Thousands die and the person behind it is eventually killed by his own making (Karma doing it's thing ).
Very good read and found i raced thought in a afternoon ,highly recommend .

[Mick Guy · Rating 5 out of 5]

fantastic book

I’ve read all three books in the series, New York, London and Los Angeles, I have really enjoyed them, if you haven’t read them I recommend you do. Great Author hope you write more books in the series 👍👏👏👏

[Marktroth · Rating 5 out of 5]

THE NEST LOS ANGELES

After reading the first two in this trilogy couldn’t wait for the third one to come out so read it straight away read the James Herbert rats trilogy years ago and I knew that was good and Conrad jones as ever didn’t disappoint with this one

[Nollaig Kelly · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thought this would be the difficult third book.....

I was wrong
This is the best of the trilogy
This continues the rats invasions in lid Angeles this time they have evolved and are learning
But have the humans and can they survive this onslaught

[Lou Canning · Rating 5 out of 5]

From start to finish this is absolutely brilliant. It’s a trilogy not to be missed!!!

[Kirsten · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love The Nest series, the stories are fast paced, action packed and gloriously gory. This third book is a great conclusion to the trilogy.

[Jane Fowler · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant series

Three down how many more. Found this one more graphic and horrifying than the first 2. James Herbert would have been proud

[Lesley Twist · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant have next one pre ordered can't wait