The Enemy
By (Author) Charlie Higson
Penguin Random House Children's UK
Penguin Books Ltd
30th August 2010
3rd June 2010
United Kingdom
Young Adult
Fiction
823.914
Short-listed for Booktrust Teenage Prize 2010
Paperback
432
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 27mm
300g
The first phenomenal adventure in this edge-of-your-seat series from bestselling author Charlie Higson. The first phenomenal adventure in a heartstopping new series - now in paperback. They'll chase you. They'll rip you open. They'll feed on you . . . When the sickness came, every parent, police officer, politician - every adult - fell ill. The lucky ones died. The others are crazed, confused and hungry. Only children under fourteen remain, and they're fighting to survive. Now there are rumours of a safe place to hide. And so a gang of children begin their quest across London, where all through the city - down alleyways, in deserted houses, underground - the grown-ups lie in wait. But can they make it there - alive
Brutal, blood-soaked, full of zombies...it's ace FHM The Enemy scores with its brutal vision of a post-apocalyptic world FT Gruesome entertainment of the highest calibre Books Quarterly
Charlie Higson is a well-known writer of screenplays and novels, and is the author of the phenomenally successful Young Bond series. He is also a performer and co-creator of The Fast Show and Radio Four's award-winning Down the Line series. Charlie is a big fan of horror films and is now hoping to give a great many children sleepless nights with this series.