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Brutal, blood-soaked, full of zombies... It's ace (FHM )
Higson has got the balance of blood and gore just right (Daily Mirror )
Clever . . . fast-paced . . . inventive (Guardian )
Higson has got the balance of blood and gore just right (Daily Mirror )
Clever . . . fast-paced . . . inventive (Guardian )
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The second heart-stopping, mind-blowing book in this killer series - the Enemy is back.
A terrible disease is striking everyone over the age of fourteen.
Death walks the streets.
Nowhere is safe.
Maxie, Blue and the rest of the Holloway crew aren't the only kids trying to escape the ferocious adults who prey on them.
Jack and Ed are best friends, but their battle to stay alive tests their friendship to the limit as they go on the run with a mismatched group of other kids - nerds, fighters, misfits. And one adult. Greg, a butcher, who claims he's immune to the disease.
They must work together if they want to make it in this terrifying new world. But as a fresh disaster threatens to overwhelm London, they realize they won't all survive
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This review is from: The Dead (Hardcover)
A spine tingling follow up to 'The Enemy'. This series has slight echoes of 'The Day of the Triffids' but rather than people being left blind and at mercy, it is the children who left vulnerable when the adults are removed by a disease. As others have pointed out, this story is actually set before 'The Enemy'. Many adults are dying as a result of a mysterious illness...and if that isn't bad enough the remaining adults turn cannibal! The only people left untouched by the illness are children under fourteen who are left with a world in tatters and having to avoid their adult predators. The story is mostly set around London, it is exciting, engaging but very gory - so be warned if that's not your thing! Other great fantasy books: Godstone: The Kairos Boxes 100 Cupboards
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
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Dead brilliant!,
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This review is from: The Dead (Hardcover)
I was a bit worried when i found out that this book would be about a different group of kids and not the group from the enemy. But i was pleasantly surprised.
The action is great and the gore will genuinely make you squirm. The characters all have their own individual stories and you are gripped all the way through. There are also some surprising twists that kep you reading further. Overall, this book is amazing and if you are a teenage boy then you should get it. I really cant think of any other reason not to.
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Heart pounding thriller,
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The sequel to The Enemy is set a year before it, making it a prequel. Sort of.
Only a few weeks before the book begins, adults began falling prey to a strange new disease. Most of them died outright. The ones who are left are desperate for human flesh, and the only source left is children. Anyone over fourteen is dead or changed. When the book begins the kids have been on their own for only a couple of weeks. Their new reality hasn't really sunk in yet. Most haven't realised how drastically the world has altered. It's not until a group holed up in a school dorm are attacked by the people who used to be their teachers that it really begins to sink in. Abandoning the school, the group head for the countryside but are rapidly cut off and forced to retreat towards London. They're rescued by by a man driving a coach, the only uninfected adult they've seen in a long time. the roads of London are clogged with zombies, though, and it takes a long time before they find somewhere they can call home. This book, if anything, is even more gory than the last. There are several loving descriptions of the zombies, including Greg and the one they nickname Pez. There's also a horrific sequence set in the Oval Cricket Ground. The protaganists aren't any safer in this one than they were in The Enemy, either, and it's an entirely new group this time around. There are fewer characters to keep track of this time, and most of the action comes from two specific characters, making it easier to keep track of who's doing what where for what reason. The ending does provide two very clever links with The Enemy, though; one I saw coming and one I didn't, though I should have. From the way this one ends, I'm guessing the third will bring all our characters together. The Dead is just as fast paced as The Enemy, events rolling together with few breaks. It's a hard book to put down, as just as one problem is almost solved another rears its' head. The final chase through London was almost unbearable. Once I'd reached the end and figured out who some of the people were, it was fascinating to see them now, weeks into the apocalypse. I also really loved the quiet nod to another recent series of all-the-adults-are-dead books, one that I'm guessing few people will notice. One of the better books I've read this year.
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