The Sacrafice by Charle Higson

The Sacrafice

Charlie Higson

Pages 464

Pages read, 464

Genre Action/Horror

This is the fourth book in the series called the Enemy, written by Charlie Higson, the author of the amazing Young Bond series. This book is 464 pages of gripping story line that isn't exactly educational, or very deep, but extremely fun to read. The story goes as follows, (this is a summary of the last three books) to begin with everyone over the age of fourteen starts getting sick, and some die, the doctors can't find any cure, so all they can do is sit back and watch as their colleagues slowly die, and then it's their turn. As for the unlucky ones, they don't get the quick death, they become mindless beings that are slowly decomposing, and with no thoughts except for one, to eat, children. The surviving children organize search parties and slowly become organized, these people, are the survivors. There are many groups of children holed up around London, I think I forgot to mention the setting. Well, the setting is in the present day London. Anyway, children are holed up around London, in places like the Tower of London, Buckingham Palace and even the Houses of Parliament. This book is focused on three characters, Ed, Sam and The Kid. All three of them live in the tower of London, which is controlled by a boy named Jordan Horden who is crazy about the Military. He has organized all of the children into different regiments, The Pathfinders, who find food and, of course kill zombies, which are also known as strangers, sickos and the enemy, depending on the group of kids. There are also the Tower Guards who, as the name suggests guard the tower, and other groups of kids who do odd jobs. Ed is the captain of the Tower Guards. Sam and the kid are best friends, who are inseparable, and both around nine or ten. Sam is a fair haired boy, who is desperate to find his sister. The Kid on the other hand, is a dark haired boy who is used to living in the tunnels, he used to be in a group of kids but they all got sick, as in actually sick, not the kind that turns you into a zombie and died except for him  The kid talks in riddles all the time, it seems as though only Sam understands him. Everybody considers the kid as wacko, but actually he is very clever, has a quick mind, and sucks in all of the information around him. 

One day, one of Ed's tower guards sees a girl in the distance trapped inside a house surrounded by a bunch of zombies. Ed gathers together a team of his best fighters including his right hand man, Kyle, who carries a vicious battle ax. They manage to rescue the girl, who for some reason wears all green, (this will be significant in the rest of the book) but during the confusion of the fight, Ed accidentally kills the girl's friend Louise. When they bring the girl back to the camp she is grief stricken, and is sent to live with the two best friends (who will also be extremely important in the plot of the story). Sam feels annoyed that Ed still isn't letting him go back to find his sister, which involves trekking through the no-go zone where there are wild and unpredictable Zombies. Seeming as though almost taking advantage of this, the girl, Trish says that she will help Sam find his sister. The next day they set up a distraction, a fire, and run in the opposite direction, toward the no go zone. What lies in wait though, they have no idea.

The reason why I stopped here is because after this the story really becomes wild and exciting and extremely good to read. I highly recommend this to any boy with any kind of common sense. I would rate this book nine out of ten.