Mother's Brood

From publisher blurb: Welcome to the Under Kingdom! They say you’re never too far from a rat. But in the Kingdom, there are worse things than rats... You’ve heard the stories. Your brother’s best friend’s uncle’s servant’s niece saw a ratman once. It was dressed in a ragged cloak, naked tail bobbing behind it as it ran, hunched over, clutching something close to its chest. The niece, though terrified, ran after it; watched it as it pulled up the sewer grate and jumped, feet first, into the muck below. Of course, nobody else was around. Nobody else saw this happen. Can’t be true. Can it..?