The Enemy (series)

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The Enemy is a post-apocalyptic young adult horror series written by Charlie Higson. The book takes place in London after a worldwide sickness has infected everyone sixteen and older and turned them into creatures similar to zombies. The Enemy was published by Puffin Books in the UK on 3rd September 2009 and by Disney-Hyperion in the U.S. on 11th May, 2010. The second novel, titled The Dead, was published on 16th September, 2010. The third novel, titled The Fear in the series was published on 15 September, 2011. The fourth novel, The Sacrifice, was published on 20th September, 2012. The fifth and sixth novels are titled The Fallen, published 12th September, 2013, and The Hunted, published 4th September, 2014. The final book, published 29th October, 2015, is titled The End. So far all the books have been published in September in the UK. Penguin Publishing lists The End in October however. In total, the series includes seven instalments in text and one E-book called Geeks vs Zombies, published 5th June, 2012.

The series has received mainly positive reviews. It is noted for its freedom to kill off any possible character, and so it leaves the reader on edge.

The series follows many different characters and their individual story lines, though they all build towards the main story line, a battle between the grown-up zombies and the surviving children. Each of the first four books ends with a chapter from the point of view of the series main villain. As of The Fear, there have been small introduction chapters from the first person views of new major villains.

The Enemy
The Enemy is the first book in the Enemy Series and is third book chronologically. It was published on the 3rd September, 2009. The book follows different characters story lines (all part of a larger story line which covers the series) and their survival through London:


 * The first is of the Holloway crew, a group of kids from North London, looking to make their way to Buckingham Palace, which is a safe Haven, but the road is dangerous and they can't all survive. This story line follows multiple POV characters.
 * The second is of Small Sam, a nine year old boy who used to belong to the Holloway crew but was snatched by grown-ups and brought to the Old Arsenal stadium. His story is about his survival and search for his friends and the trials he must face in a diseased world.
 * The third story line follows a boy named Callum, who stays behind at the Holloway crew's old settlement, and how his life changes after they leave.
 * A chapter at the end comes from the view point of the main villain of the series St George, and it briefly shows his plans and aims.

The Enemy follows eight main characters, as well as various supporting characters;

''Central and Main characters named, for supporting characters see the characters list. ''
 * Arran Harper
 * Small Sam
 * Maxie
 * Blue
 * Achilleus
 * Ollie
 * Freak
 * Callum
 * Deke
 * Lewis

The Dead
The Dead is the second book in the series and the first book chronologically. It was published on the 16th September, 2010. The book follows a single story line of survivors, but is seen from their different perspectives:
 * Ed; Hoping to make it to the country, must change his plans when sickos attack, and instead travels to London with a mismatched group and his friend Jack. From then on its a race of survival where he must find food and keep he and his friends alive.
 * Jack; Best friends with Ed, he aims to make it to South London to go home and find what he feels is a missing part of him, along the way making sure that his friends are ready for surviving this new world.
 * Matt; A boy from Ed and Jack's school, he has become mentally affected by carbon monoxide poisoning and now wishes to convert people to his new religion, after seeing a vision in his delirious state. He will stop at nothing to reach the holy city of London.
 * Justin; Known as the king of the nerds, he wants to learn more about the disease and eventually one day find a cure.
 * Greg; Known as the butcher, a un-diseased adult, he is escaping the country where there are hoards of zombies, to save his son Liam, but along the way must face both sickos and his own inner struggle.

The Dead features many characters, the main characters are listed here, but you can find the others on the characters list article;
 * Ed
 * Jack
 * Bam
 * Greg
 * Matt
 * Frederique

The Fear
The Fear is the third book in the series and the second book chronologically. It was released on the 15th September, 2011. It follows multiple story lines with three major ones of note;
 * A crew lead by DogNut travel across London from the Tower to explore and find their missing friends. Along the way they will face dangers and perils, and will change the future forever.
 * Jester leads a small crew to North London, looking for other survivors to use as an army for David. He brings his friend Shadowman and three other palace kids. Venturing into the unknown streets of North London, the group encounters many surprises as they desperately try to survive.
 * Despite being concussed and abandoned, Shadowman lives. He's a spy and survivor who knows the streets of London like the back of his hand and will need all his knowledge and wits as he tracks a sophisticated group of strangers across North London.

The Fear follows six main characters as well as some recurring characters.

Main characters; Recurring characters;
 * DogNut
 * Courtney
 * Brooke
 * Jester
 * Shadowman
 * St. George
 * Nicola
 * Justin
 * Ryan
 * St. George's lieutenants

The Sacrifice
The fourth book in the series, and along with The Fallen, the fourth book chronologically. It was released 20th September, 2012. It follows three major story lines, with a few chapters following other characters; Notable chapters following other characters; There is also another chapter from St. George, as the book always ends on.
 * Small Sam and the Kid leave the safety of the Tower in search of his sister, but along the way they are trapped and must fight to escape.
 * Ed must lead a search party to find Sam and the Kid and return them to safety, but this means going into the No Go Zone, a area of danger and mystery.
 * Shadowman has a new mission, to track the Fear, St George's army, but with new tests and trials this will prove more difficult than he first thought.
 * Nicola - a quick look into what is going on at the Houses and her meeting with other settlements.
 * David - a look at his plans for the future and also what has been happening for him the previous few days.
 * Ryan - we see a first look from his point of view and how he sees this new world.

The book follows five main characters and many recurring and supporting characters.

Main characters; Recurring characters; Notable supporting characters;
 * Small Sam
 * The Kid
 * Ed Carter
 * Mad Matt
 * Shadowman
 * David
 * Nicola
 * St. George
 * Ryan
 * Kyle
 * Will
 * Macca
 * Adele
 * Tish
 * Brenden
 * Jordan Hordern
 * Johnny

The Fallen
The Fifth book in the series and along with The Sacrifice the fourth chronologically. It was released on 12th September, 2013. It follows three main plot lines with with a few chapters following other characters;
 * Einstein and Blue lead a group of 25 to Promithios Warehouse in order to find drugs and knowledge to help them make a cure for the disease. When they reach the Warehouse they discover more than they expected.
 * Maxie and the kids at the museum struggle to find the person responsible for releasing the grown-ups into the museum as well as their difficulties in trusting each other.

Other storylines include; Main point of view characters include: Notable supporting characters include: Recurring Characters:
 * Paul Channing fights with his inner demons and his own hunger as he faces becoming something unspeakable with terrible consequences.
 * Maeve's desire to return to the countryside.
 * Ella trying to forget about her brother's disappearance.
 * David's difficulty with the Royal Family.
 * Maxie
 * Blue
 * Achilleus
 * Paul Channing
 * Ollie
 * Maeve
 * Brooke
 * Lettis
 * Big Mick
 * Einstein
 * Justin
 * Boggle
 * Jackson
 * Blue-Tack Bill
 * Paddy
 * Skinner
 * David
 * Ed
 * Kyle
 * Sam
 * The Green Man/Wormwood

The Hunted
The sixth book of the series and the fifth book chronologically. It was released 2nd June, 2015. It follows two major simultaneous plot lines with them joining together in the end; Other story lines include; Main point of view characters include: Notable supporting characters include:
 * Ella's rescue by Scarface/Malik, their time together and Malik's past.
 * Ed's journey from the Natural History Museum to the west in search of Ella, Maeve, Robbie and Monkey Boy.
 * The increasing amount of sickos joining St. George.
 * The lives of the kids living in the West.
 * The Twisted Kids' search for a cure.
 * Ella
 * Malik
 * Ed
 * Brooke
 * Lewis
 * Macca
 * Trinity
 * Ebenezer
 * Kyle
 * Josa
 * Tyler Keene
 * Sophie
 * Go-Girl
 * Will
 * Arno Fletcher
 * The Golden Twins

The End
The seventh and final book in the series, The End is the sixth book chronologically. It was released 10th November, 2015. It follows several major story lines, with a chapters following many reoccurring characters that mostly all join together in the end. Plot points include: Other story lines include:
 * Shadowman's revealing of the threat of St. George's sicko army to the kids of London through Jester.
 * The preparation for a battle in Hyde Park and the political actions between Jordan, David, Nicola, Justin and Matt.
 * The origin of the disease, the search for a cure and Paul's development.
 * The final battle and the death of many characters.
 * Sam and Ella are finally reunited.
 * The Squatter kids break into Buckingham Palace.
 * Jordan and Achilleus have a talk about their character development.

Other supporting characters:
 * Blue
 * Maxie
 * Sam
 * The Kid
 * Ed Carter
 * Mad Matt
 * Shadowman
 * Achilleus
 * Paul
 * St. George
 * David
 * Nicola
 * Ryan
 * Paddy
 * Skinner

Geeks vs Zombies
A side story in the Enemy series, it is a short story from the Museum kids' points of view about the incidents leading up to and during the night time attack of the Natural History Museum. Chronologically it falls between the end of The Fear and the beginning of The Fallen. It was published 5th June, 2012 and is only accessible online as it is an E-book.

It follows the main plot lines of:
 * Jibber-Jabber and Wiki recruiting kids to celebrate World Book Day.
 * James's attempts to ruin World Book Day.


 * Paul Channing releasing the sickos inside.

Main point of view characters include: Notable supporting characters include:
 * Everyone being surprised by the attack.
 * Wiki
 * Paul Channing
 * Jibber Jabber
 * James Stornay
 * Chris Marker
 * Alice
 * Hattie
 * Lettis
 * Thomas
 * Simon Foul
 * Cheryl Cole
 * Louis Corpse