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Title details for The Enemy by Charlie Higson - Available

The Enemy

#1 in series

by Charlie Higson
Paul Whitehouse
Audiobook
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The Enemy is the first downloadable audiobook in the heart stopping thriller adventure series by Charlie Higson, read unabridged by Paul Whitehouse.
When the sickness came, every parent, policeman, 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?

  • Creators

  • Series

    The Enemy

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    September 3, 2009

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9780141931036
      • File size: 256684 KB
      • Duration: 08:54:45

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      April 19, 2010
      Lord of the Flies
      meets 28 Days Later
      in this disturbing postapocalyptic adventure. Higson (the Young Bond series) presents a kids-only world with shades of Michael Grant's Gone books, though in this case, a disease has turned everyone over the age of 16 into mindless, flesh-eating nightmares, terrorizing and devouring those unaffected. Packs of resourceful kids have holed up in supermarkets, constructing defenses, foraging for supplies, and fighting off feral “grown-ups.” For the group sheltering in a Waitrose store, it's a ceaseless battle for survival, where even the simplest expedition can prove fatal. When the possibility of a haven arrives, the Waitrose kids band with new allies as they make a hazardous trek across London to the promised land: Buckingham Palace. Alternately bleak and defiant, this splatterfest doesn't pull any punches (“The skin blackened, shriveled and split, the overripe flesh inside squeezing out.... This was what happened if any grown-up lived long enough to let the disease run its full course”) nor is any character safe. It's up to a sequel to sort out some plot threads, but this is a solid start. Ages 12–up.

Formats

  • OverDrive Listen audiobook

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Languages

  • English

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