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The Fear (The Enemy #3)

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The sickness struck everyone sixteen and over. Mothers and fathers, older brothers, sisters, and best friends. No one escaped its touch. And now children across London are being hunted by ferocious grown-ups who are hungry, bloodthirsty, and not giving up.

DogNut and the rest of his crew, in search of the friends they lost during the fire, set off on a deadly mission from t...more

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Published May 14th 2013 by Disney-Hyperion (first published September 15th 2011)

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Jan 26, 2013 Laura rated it 4 of 5 stars

What are you afraid of? Drowning, fire, suffocation, abandonment, being eaten alive, having your head used as a centerpiece? Well…all that and more can be found in Charlie Higson’s world. *grins* I love this man!

The Fear, fun, and action picks up five days before the end of the previous book, The Dead. Mr. Higson has been playing with the timeline all along, but this story just fit and locked into place with the previous books like a key in a lock. Beautiful, bloody storytelling! With patience,...more

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Mar 03, 2013 Saturnus rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: books-i-ve-read-in-swedish, books-that-exist-in-sweden, in-a-serie, paranormal, svenska-swedish, zoombies-are-awesome

Den senaste boken, Fruktan, var precis som dess företrädare en bra bok att läsa.
Här träffar vi dom gamla karaktärerna från Farsot, och ett par nya på det.
Dock så saknade jag Maxie och Blue, mina favoritkaraktärer från Fienden, även att jag vet att dom kommer tillbacka i bok 5. Känns bara så lång tid kvar tills dess.....

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Mar 25, 2013 Brian rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: horror, teen

Charlie Higson scares the crap out of me...or at least his stories do, I've never met the man himself. Higson is proof that just because an author's book get tagged as a "young adult" title doesn't mean the work is second tier. Higson is a master of plot, stringing together pieces like the series is one giant jigsaw puzzle. He does for books what J. Michael Straczynski did for television. No scene is wasted, no plot point is a throw away, it all fits together, brilliantly in the end, and believe...more

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Mar 14, 2013 Zach rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The fear was a very thought out book for the enemy series. It still had its gory disasters, but the author made it just descriptive enough to make it bearable. He also added voice and character to all of the survivors, as well as the deranged grown ups. He also made every good bye and hello memorable and sometimes a little series, like the kids ment business.
The plot of this disaster took its roll in modern Londen, well what's left of it. It also involves local towns as well as museums and othe...more

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Feb 28, 2013 Milan rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

It was a really good book if you like Zombie books. It is the 3rd in the season, but I haven't read the first two (The Enemy and The Dead). So far there is only one more book in the season (The sacrifice). I like this book because of some of the characters and the action in this story. The story is about a disease that goes throughout all of the world but only the people aged 14 and up get it. Right in south London a huge fire starts and gets out of control and because all the adults get the dis...more It was a really good book if you like Zombie books. It is the 3rd in the season, but I haven't read the first two (The Enemy and The Dead). So far there is only one more book in the season (The sacrifice). I like this book because of some of the characters and the action in this story. The story is about a disease that goes throughout all of the world but only the people aged 14 and up get it. Right in south London a huge fire starts and gets out of control and because all the adults get the disease, there is no-one to stop it. It burns down most of south London causing great confusion for both the surviving kids and the Sickos/Strangers (What the author calls the Zombies). A group of friends get split up into three groups, they hide out in the Tower Of London, The Natural History Museum, and Buckingham Palace. The main character, Dognut (His gaming name) has hidden in the tower of London for a year where they survived by taking rifles from the War History Museum, and he decides that he is going to go to the Natural History Museum to find a girl called Brooke and her friends. On the way they stop at the Palace and meet the leader of them, who was their friend until the disaster (where he shot someone for arguing in the street and stoping everyone from moving on).
David (the leader) tries to get more kids to join him (which was described by the author as kind of Facebook where you get more and more friends), he tries to pursued Dognut and his gang to stay, but late at night they escaped with some help from one of the guards that work there. They finally arrive at the Natural History Museum, but the it turns out that Brooke only likes him as a friend (not what he was hoping), but she agrees after a few days that she will come back to the Tower with him. On their way there they get attacked and Dognut and a Friend of Brooke who was travelling with him (called courtney) die long with friends of Dognut's
Marko, and Felix. The only one who survives is Brooke because of another group of kids saves her but are too late for the others. She gets taken back to the Palace with David, but no-one recognises her because of her wounds. She just sits in their hospital dreaming of her friends and her on a farm in the middle of nowhere drinking milk and chatting about something. The book ends with character called shadowman naming this huge army of Sickos The Fear.
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Feb 10, 2013 Henry rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This review covers four in Charlie Higson's zombie apocalypse series - The Enemy, The Dead, The Fear and The Sacrifice. I expect it'll cover any more dispatches in the excellent teen novel series.

There's a fairly well-populated subgenre of books in which all the adults in the world disappear, leaving children up to the age of fourteen or fifteen to cope by themselves. It started with Golding's 'Lord of the Flies'. This latest example doesn't have the adults vanish - they just turn into putrescin...more

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Jan 14, 2013 Josh Luther rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The Fear, by Charlie Higson is a must-read. Its full of suspense, action, and even a little romance. It’s a great read for anyone of the teen age.
The fear follows Dognut and his gang through London, England in a post-apocalyptic scenario where there are zombies around just about every corner. When the disease hit, the doctors were confused. It only affected people 16 and older. Some just died, the unlucky ones however, did something entirely different. They were turned into zombies (although the...more

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Dec 21, 2012 Alicia rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

**POSSIBLE SPOILERS FOR THE ENEMY AND THE DEAD**

Higson wonderfully carries on his excellent zombie series with this third instalment. This time reading the prior books is fairly essential to the story and we have a proper sequel and not just a prequel like The Dead was, as well as some nice links to all the gangs of kids, such as Waitrose, Morrisons, Buckingham Palace and The Tower lots. However, as I read the previous books a fair while ago, I found myself struggling to remember the kids from t...more

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Dec 10, 2012 Jake Caldwell rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

In my opinion, this book was the best in the series so far. I didn't think Charlie Higson could do any better than the last book, but using his unique writing style he managed to create a masterpiece. The book links up with the other two, bringing a whole new perspective on the lives of these children living in an infection-ravaged London.

Every teenager has that one dark area of their imagination where they rule the world due to some catastrophe, and Charlie seemed to take this and turn it int...more In my opinion, this book was the best in the series so far. I didn't think Charlie Higson could do any better than the last book, but using his unique writing style he managed to create a masterpiece. The book links up with the other two, bringing a whole new perspective on the lives of these children living in an infection-ravaged London.

Every teenager has that one dark area of their imagination where they rule the world due to some catastrophe, and Charlie seemed to take this and turn it into a book; with vivid and somewhat gruesome details. This only adds to the book's ability to take you into the world that has been destroyed by this terrifying plague. The author seemed to know that kids want to be in the action, so during fights between kids and the undead Enemy (first book title) you get lost in the action and find youself craving to be in this situation. After you realize that this would be horrible, you snap out of it but it's very interesting to discover that you have that desire deep down. This book brings it out.

Throughout the book, the kids learn lessons about the world and how people react to certain situations, whether it be life or death, or just two guys fighting over who is the baddest. The children suffer through losses of their friends and family and encounter decisions they have to make in order to survive. Do I abandon my pal to save my own life or do I try and help? There isn't one true theme, it is what you make of the situations and decisions of the children, everyone learns someting different in this book.

All and all, this was probably one of the best books I've ever read. It brings out this dark side of you without your approval and you find yourself making decisions of your own when the characters encounter an obstacle. Charlie Higson went above and beyond with this book, and created a world where kids rule. I would definitely reccomend this to anyone who likes fiction, zombies, or just reading in general. It is a great book (less)

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Dec 10, 2012 RJ Wood rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I Thought that this book was excellent, this one i truly enjoyed reading. This was the third to a series and i plan on continuing the series until it ends. Charlie Higson has honestly passed the bar he had held from his last two books. All of the stories finally come together and you get a true understanding of the characters and what has happened throughout England.

I believe that Charlie Higson wrote this book because he enjoys writing nonfictional stories, Higson never directly stated in the b...more

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Dec 05, 2012 Jack rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Sep 04, 2012 Mr.G rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Zombie horror really doesn't get any better than this. I've really enjoyed J.L. Bourne's Day By Day Armageddon series and Z.A. Recht's Morningstrain Trilogy, but Higson's The Enemy/The Dead/The Fear series is really superior in a number of ways.
For those unfamiliar with the series, Charlie Higson's books are set in contemporary London where a "28 Days Later" style virus has affected every adult, turning them into a ravenous flesh-eating monster. Children and young teens are unaffected and band t...more

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Sep 03, 2012 Karen Yingling rated it 2 of 5 stars

Sequel to The Enemy and The Dead. The zombie plague is still affecting the adults over the age of 16, and some of them manage to stay alive by eating children in graphically described disgusting ways. DogNut's group is pretty safe and secure inside the Tower of London, but some of the children want to venture out to see if they can find friends and relatives they lost. After taking a boat down the Thames, the group runs into other groups of children, as well as plenty of sickos. DogNut doesn't r...more

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Aug 08, 2012 P.M. rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

DogNut wants nothing more than to be a hero so he offers to lead a group to find Brooke who has been missing for a year. With seven companions,he leaves the relative safety of the Tower of London to brave the increasingly co-ordinated attacks of the sickos. The trip starts off well enough as the group rows up the Thames to start their search. Things quickly get out of control when the boat sinks forcing the group to abandon ship. Quickly DogNut realizes that some of the more fitter sickos, the g...more

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May 19, 2012 Mad about rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: sci-fi

Read it out of sync with the series but it didn't matter in the slightest, so easily read as a stand alone book.
Story was compelling and easy to follow with any details provided straight away.
The Fear follows the story of "Dognut", so named after his gaming tag and his small group of comrades trekking through the deadly streets of London looking for their friends they were separated from a year ago. They know the chances are slim with the sickos, diseased adults having a ravenous taste for child...more

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Dec 12, 2012 Evan rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The author is Charlie Higson of the book The Fear. The publisher is Hyperion New York. The genre is horror and it fall under young adult.
The time is one year from today. All grown ups are infected with this virus that makes them into mindless creatures; that eat the flesh of children. This is Charlie Higson third book in this series. He also wrote some young james bond books. This book is classified as a horror, what could be scarier than 16 and or younger kids battling grown up that will eat y...more

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Jan 03, 2013 Georgina Taylor rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: ya, zombies

So why have I rated this book 2 stars, and the preceding two, both 4 stars? Quite frankly, they are becoming depressing. It's all fine and well keeping things dark and dramatic, but readers need some resolution, or progress to be made in each and every book, not just at the end of the series. It doesn't necessarily have to be a HEA, but some hope that things could eventually get better.

I felt that the author's motto was: if in doubt, kill them off. So much so, that I no longer wish to connect w...more

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Sep 30, 2011 Annmarie Ager rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

The fear is book three in the enemy series it follow five days before the last book ends. If you have not read the series DO! This series is like no other. Any way The fear followers the story of a few groups of kids in deep trouble they are all trying to survive in a world where all the grownups seem to have been turned into zombies . While zombies and dead kids is bad enough there is also lots of other things going on that give you chills the way some kids have turned into power hungry cold be...more

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Oct 09, 2012 Jo rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012, creepycreepy, just-been-cutting-onions, my-favourites, things-are-rotten-in-the-state-of-d, ya, you-got-a-friend-in-me, hometown-ya

I have to admit, I wasn’t looking forward to reading this book. Well, I wasn’t not looking forward to it because it’s Charlie Higson and you know you’re pretty much going to be left speechless after you’ve finished one of his books in this series but, from the synopsis I was a bit ‘meh’. I mean, there are only so many times you can read about a group of London misfits walking across the city finding other London misfits and fighting the occasional zombie. Do you get what I’m saying?

And while the...more

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Dec 08, 2012 Lindsey rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites

WOW!!!!!!!
I finished The Fear about 15 minutes ago, and am completely awestruck at how incredible this entire book was. I am dumbfounded. Shocked. Amazed. My brain is going 10000 mph because I can't even wrap my head around how amazing this book was.

CHarlie Higson is a complete genius.

How he tied the 3 books together was magic
It was almost like reading Harry Potter for the first time ~ JK Rowling and Higson both brought their books together in a way that completely astounds you. It's absolutely...more WOW!!!!!!!
I finished The Fear about 15 minutes ago, and am completely awestruck at how incredible this entire book was. I am dumbfounded. Shocked. Amazed. My brain is going 10000 mph because I can't even wrap my head around how amazing this book was.

CHarlie Higson is a complete genius.

How he tied the 3 books together was magic
It was almost like reading Harry Potter for the first time ~ JK Rowling and Higson both brought their books together in a way that completely astounds you. It's absolutely crazy how the tiny details from The Enemy added up to something soo huge in The Fear. How everything unfolds between the 3 books is nothing short of beautiful literature.

Every chapter was a new twist. The trickery made me want to jump into the pages and punch certain characters in the face. The deaths made me cry. Justin's crew at the Museum gave me hope. Dognut made me laugh. David pissed me off. The grown-ups continued to gross me out..

Again, I'm still in shock.
You have to read the books in the order they were written. I think Charlie Higson wanted to slightly confuse his readers, because the books aren't chronologically in order. I was able to follow along easily enough, although from some of the reviews, some people weren't. You have to pay attention to all the major details. But that is what makes these books so wonderful!! How all of his details mean something in the end, (view spoiler) I mean, we even see the same conversation twice, in two different books, from a different perspective each time! (view spoiler)
I was completely sucked in by these books. I couldn't put it down, I couldn't sleep... everyone needs to read these books.(less)

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Aug 02, 2012 Beatrice rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I like Charlie Higson's writing and all the books in The Enemy series but sometimes his stories can become a little confusing. There is so many characters in his books so it's really hard sometimes to know who you're reading about. There's so many it's even hard to tell which of them who is the main character.
This book is about what happens a year after what happens in The Dead (so it's about the same time as what happens in the first book, The Enemy). It's a lot of the characters from The Dead...more

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Oct 02, 2011 Joe Whittington rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Zombie lovers, gore hunters, apocalypse aficionados

Shelves: recommended, teen, zombies, thrillers

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I thought it was absolutely brilliant. Here are a few reasons why.

The kids.
They are so varied; some a devious, others honourable, but they are all absolutely terrified by 'the sickos' that plague their existence. David is a particularly ruthless and calculating character, busy plotting to take over London in the new world in the relative safety of Buckingham Palace. Shadowman is a great addition - a real hero to root for and feel nervous about whenever he's attacked. To bring someone so immediat...more I thought it was absolutely brilliant. Here are a few reasons why.

The kids.
They are so varied; some a devious, others honourable, but they are all absolutely terrified by 'the sickos' that plague their existence. David is a particularly ruthless and calculating character, busy plotting to take over London in the new world in the relative safety of Buckingham Palace. Shadowman is a great addition - a real hero to root for and feel nervous about whenever he's attacked. To bring someone so immediately likeable into the series three books in is a great achievement.

The action.
Charlie Higson writes brilliant action scenes and can create some terrifying scenarios of kids stuck in cluttered and dirty houses with hoards of zombies (or one particularly disturbing 'collector'). He's also not afraid to 'go there' with the gore. This particular description was perhaps the highlight:

“There was a tearing noise and half the mother’s face came away. Shadowman was left with a handful of skin and pus.”

Disgusting, but brilliant, right?!

The premise.
It would be very easy for Higson to let the situation take a back seat and to stay away from tough questions about whether the kids should sympathise with the undead, whether they should try to rebuild their society, whether they should try and find a cure for the disease. The fact that he addresses them through the kids themselves adds a sense of reality and perspective, reminding the reader of just what a shitty situation the kids are actually in.

I highly recommend this and the previous books in the series to anyone who has enjoyed anything remotely zombie related. One word of warning though, it isn't suitable for younger readers. (I know a lot of books say that these days, but really. Seriously.) The reasons outlined above make this book and series far more than a blood-filled, unrealistic zombie-fest. It feels very real and could absolutely terrify many 'teen' readers out there.

Absolutely, bloody, brilliant though. Can't wait for the next one, The Sacrifice, which is out next year.(less)

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Jan 25, 2012 Freefallen ~ YA Reviewer rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Zombie Lovers

Higson writes with the intention to scare his audience - however, with this particular reader, he only got as far as "sickened."

I guess I read The Fear out of curiousity as to what would happen next after The Dead. The story drags on for a while - zombies, fighting zombies, killing zombies, zombies-point-of-view; the usual gross, morbid fascination that keeps the reader going - and then in the last few pages, does it actually get anywhere... It very slowly all adds up right at the last second.

Yo...more

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Sep 14, 2012 Wendy Cantu rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: horror, supernatural, zombies

The Fear was more like a cross between The Enemy and The Dead. It had more random kids vs. zombies skirmishes, but there was also a great deal of focus on the David’s shady plot for world domination and the academic pursuits at the museum. I still preferred the “nerd” side of the story, but there were a few decent fight scenes, too. And everything REALLY tied together. All very impressive.

One thing in The Fear that stood out from all the other books, however, was the expanding perspectives from...more

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Mar 18, 2012 Mot Kirkland rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I read this book because I had read the first 2 in the series.

This book fits into the category on my bingo board: A book written in 2011 or 2012

I liked this book because the main characters are all children. In this post apocalyptic world everyone over the age of 14 has caught an infection turning them into a mindless zombie.

My favorite part of the book is where DogNut and his friends are backed up in an alleyway while a group of sickos attacks them relentlessly.

something new i learnt from this...more

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Apr 21, 2012 Beth Bonini rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: children-s-book-club

As with the first two books in the series, I couldn't put this one down.
These are plot-driven books, but Higson is really adept at creating memorable characters, too. (It is not a good thing to get too attached, though, as being a main character will not keep you from being killed off -- usually a "rule" in YA fiction.)
I am fascinated by the new societies that the children build -- and even though this book basically just catches up all the storylines to where we were at the end of book one, he...more

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Feb 02, 2012 Miche11e Jouan rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I'd give this one 3.5 stars if I could. Second of Higson's post-apocalyptic/zombie trilogy, this was better than the first. The characters were better drawn, and we're getting to know more about how the other survivors are living in zombie-plagued London. I'm looking forward to the third book, if only so I can stop thinking about the living dead for awhile.

* Update - This isn't the second book, it's the third! (I think the clue is in the title as listed on GoodReads.) I'm so disappointed that I...more

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Oct 13, 2011 BritishWotsit rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Great book! Although it couldn't help but feel like a prologue. It fills in all the gaps created by the last two books in the series. In fact, the feeling i have after reading it, closely resembles that after watching "Deathly Hallow's Part 1".
And that feeling is, WHERE IS THE REST!?

In case you didn't know, in a nutshell, this book is the third in a series (with more to come) where all adults over the age of 14 (is it 14? i think it was) have either died, or become brainless, kiddy-eating zombi...more

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Jun 22, 2012 Trish added it

Often described as "'Lord of the Flies' with zombies," Higson's third entry into his "The Enemy" series follows the adventures of DogNut ("it's my gamer's tag") and other survivors of a plague which either killed outright or infected everyone over 16. One of the geniuses of the author lies in how he creates a completely non-patronizing book for adults -- trust me, like "Flies," the horror is plenty intact -- while still observing the conventions of the YA genre (limited profanity, sexuality). An...more

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May 03, 2012 Dave Farmer rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: adventure, apocalypse, zombie

Before you read this it's worth reading (in order) The Enemy and The Dead. Not only that but I recommend you read them without leaving too much time between them, and then move onto The Fear.

The reason being is that whilst these are great stories with good characters and plenty of action, Charlie Higson seems to have gone to great lengths to purposely confuse the reader about the time line in which the events happen.

Having said that, his new book, The Sacrifice, links up with the characters in T...more Before you read this it's worth reading (in order) The Enemy and The Dead. Not only that but I recommend you read them without leaving too much time between them, and then move onto The Fear.

The reason being is that whilst these are great stories with good characters and plenty of action, Charlie Higson seems to have gone to great lengths to purposely confuse the reader about the time line in which the events happen.

Having said that, his new book, The Sacrifice, links up with the characters in The Dead. So if you look at the bigger plot it does make some kind of sense. The reason I suggest reading them without much of a break between is that you may start the next book in the series expecting to pick up with the same characters, only you don't, and that may feel a bit strange.

The books have a weird overlap thing going on, where different characters travel through the same world, London after a serious zombie like plague has infected everyone over 14.

I suspect that in The Sacrifice the characters will start to come together. The Fear is well written and there's a lot going on, plenty of action most of the way. There are some obvious plot mechanics going on at key points that will link up with the next book, but unless you're looking for them it won't make much difference to your enjoyment of the story.

One thing I did notice is that the author has spent some time with teenagers prior to writing this instalment as he injects the dialogue with new buzzwords and teenage-speak that whilst evident in the first book is quite different in this one. It's not a big deal but it does reflect somewhat in the continuity and believability of the world he has created.

The plot is supposed to stretch over a short(ish) period of time, I can't remember exactly, 1 year or so. However those buzzwords "bare" and "peng" are relatively new words used in the real world.

Overall I totally recommend this book, indeed the series, as it's well written and the characters are believable (addition of buzzwords aside) and I had no problem living through their fears, doubts, panic and teenage angst - love, romance, anger etc.

Go read it!(less)

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About Charlie Higson

Higson was educated at Sevenoaks School and at the University of East Anglia (where his brother has taught since 1986 and is now a professor of film studies) where he met Paul Whitehouse, David Cummings and Terry Edwards. Higson, Cummings and Edwards formed the band The Higsons of which Higson was the lead singer from 1980 to 1986. They released two singles on the Specials' 2-Tone label. Higson th...more Higson was educated at Sevenoaks School and at the University of East Anglia (where his brother has taught since 1986 and is now a professor of film studies) where he met Paul Whitehouse, David Cummings and Terry Edwards. Higson, Cummings and Edwards formed the band The Higsons of which Higson was the lead singer from 1980 to 1986. They released two singles on the Specials' 2-Tone label. Higson then became a plasterer before he turned to writing for Harry Enfield with Paul Whitehouse and performing comedy. He came to public attention as one of the main writers and performers of the BBC Two sketch show The Fast Show (1994-2000). He worked with Whitehouse on the radio comedy Down the Line and is to work with him again on a television project, designed to be a spoof of celebrity travel programmes.[1:]

He worked as producer, writer, director and occasional guest star on Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) from 2000 to 2001. Subsequent television work has included writing and starring in BBC Three's Fast Show spin-off sitcom Swiss Toni. He is currently starring in Tittybangbang series 3 on BBC Three and has appeared as a panellist on QI.

He published four novels through the early to mid 1990s which take a slightly dystopian look at everyday life and have a considerably more adult tone than his other work, with characters on the margins of society finding themselves spiraling out of control, leading him to be described by Time Out as 'The missing link between Dick Emery and Brett Easton Ellis' [2:]

In 2004, it was announced that Higson would pen a series of James Bond novels, aimed at younger readers and concentrating on the character's school-days at Eton. Higson was himself educated at Sevenoaks School where he was a contemporary of Jonathan Evans, current Director General of MI5. The first novel, SilverFin, was released on 3 March 2005 in the UK and on 27 April 2005 in the U.S. A second novel, Blood Fever, was released on 5 January 2006 in the UK and 1 June in the U.S. The third novel, Double or Die, was published on 4 January 2007 having had its title announced the day before. The next, Hurricane Gold, came out in hardcover in the UK in September 2007.[3:]In this year he also made a debut performance on the panel show QI. His final Young Bond novel, By Royal Command, was released in hardcover in the UK on the 3 September 2008.[4:]

Charlie has signed a deal to pen a new series of children's books for Puffin. According to the author, "They are going to be action adventures, but with a horror angle(less)

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The Fear (The Enemy #3)

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