<i>The Dead</i> is the second book in Charlie Higson's jaw-dropping zombie horror series for teens. Everyone over the age of fourteen has succumbed to a deadly zombie virus and now the kids must keep themselves alive. <br><br>A terrible disease is striking everyone over the age of fourteen.<br><br><b>Death walks the streets. Nowhere is safe.</b><br><br>Maxie, Blue and the rest of the Holloway crew aren't the only kids trying to escape the ferocious adults who prey on them.<br><br>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.<br><br>They must work together if they want to make it in this terrifying new world. But when fresh disaster threatens to overwhelm London, they realize they won't all survive...<br><br>'<i>Lord of the Flies</i> with zombies...tons of nail-biting action' Rick Riordan, creator of Percy Jackson<br><br>'Higson has got the balance of blood and gore just right' <i>Daily Mirror</i><br><br>Charlie Higson is the author of the bestselling <i>Young Bond</i> series of novels for young readers, including <i>Silverfin</i> and <i>Double or Die</i>, and the spine tingling, teen zombie-horror series <i>The Enemy</i>. <br><br>Can't wait for the next instalment? This edition contains the first chapter of the thrilling third book in the series <i>The Fear.</i><br><br>Check out www.the-enemy.co.uk for more blood, more zombies and more terror.