The very first CHERUB adventure is about to begin ...

Britain, 1941.
The government is building a secret army of intelligence agents to work undercover, gathering information and planning sabotage operations. Henderson's boys are part of that network: kids cut adrift by the war, training for the fight of their lives. They'll have to parachute into unknown territory, travel cross-country and outsmart a bunch of adults in a daredevil exercise.
In wartime Britain, anything goes.

"'Muchamore's plain, punchy,often funny style ... is highly effective. This clever, tense novel is a great way of getting bored boys interested in history.' (The Escape)" - Amanda Craig, The Times

"'It has the feel of something quite big and satisfying...Muchamore's voice is fresh and direct.' (The Escape)" - The Daily Telegraph

"Mixes espionage and gritty realism when dealing with children in the midst of a war" - Waterstones Quarterly, March 2009

"'This book was un-putdownable. It gripped me from start to finish, and was just as good as the CHERUB series, if not better.' (The Escape)" - Aaron, 14, First News

"Praise for books in the CHERUB series: 'Punchy, exciting, glamorous and, what's more, you'll completely wish it was true.'" - The Sunday Express