The Hunted

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The Hunted
Author	Charlie Higson
Publication date	September 4th, 2014
Published by	Puffin Books
Publication Order
Preceded by The Fallen	Followed by The End

The Hunted is the sixth book in the Enemy series and the seventh installment overall. It is written by Charlie Higson, and released by Puffin Books. It was officially released in the United Kingdom on September 4th, 2014.

Plot

Ed Carter and Small Sam finally arrive at the Natural History Museum, only to find that Ella had left that morning for the countryside. Ed recruits a group from the Museum who set out to try to find her.

That night, Ella and her group of children are attacked at Monkey Island, but Ella is rescued by a grown-up who she nicknames Scarface. Ella is grief stricken after loosing Monkey-Boy. Scarface hunts grown ups, can use weapons and takes Ella to a farm which is his home. The farm has boobytraps, chickens and there he takes care of Ella. She soon discovers that he can talk. Ella and Scarface become friends, but their routine is interrupted by some kids who are running away from an army of grown-ups heading towards London. The army’s path will lead them straight through the farm.

Ella survives thanks to Scarface, but he’s injured and it's now her turn to look after him. He has a hiding place and Ella helps him there. Once there, Scarface tells Ella his story, revealing that he is not a grown-up, but a kid who looks like one. Scarface is revealed to be Malik Hussein, who went to Rowhurst School with Ed and was thought to be killed during the events of The Dead. He tells Ella how he became like he is and the mistreatment he’s suffered at the hands of a man named Chris Catrell, a doctor who was looking after kids before he started suffering from the disease. Scarface tells Ella of mistreatment from kids who didn’t believe that he was a kid like them, yet knew wasn’t quite an ordinary grown-up either.

Ella and Scarface decide they must move on from his hiding place. They’re running low on supplies and they decide that rather than just the two of them being together, that they need to be with a group of kids. Ella is rescued by The Golden Twins, but because Scarface looks like an adult, they take him for The Races.

Meanwhile Ed and his group set off to find Ella. They come into contact with the army of grown-ups and have to abandon their car. They then see a trial of smoke and follow it to an old folk's home, where they discover elderly adults who’ve managed to escape the clutches of the disease. The head of the care home, Amelia Dropmore, explains that they are scientists and were working on a cure before the collapse of society. She explains that she came to the old people’s care home to be with her dementia-ridden sister Dorothy, and ordered all the supplies they would need. Amelia explains that the armies are converging on London to release disease spores, like a mushroom, to spread the disease to the next generation. Amelia tells Ed and his group that it is difficult to create a cure for the disease without knowing where the disease originated. Luckily for Amelia, Trinity, one of the Twisted Kids, has come along with Ed and knows the answers to all of Ameila’s questions. Trinity agrees to stay with Amelia and the other old people, while Ed and the rest his group continue on their search for Ella.

Ed and his group meet Josa and her group of kids, who try to take their car off them unsuccessfully. Ed and his group then meet the Ascot kids, who tell Ed about The Races. Ed and his group go to The Races with a plan to win them. At The Races, they manage to catch up with Ella, who is worried about what happened to Malik. At The Races, the last event is an event were kids battle diseased sickos. The Golden Twins have kept Malik for this event. Malik uses the grown-ups as shields from the kids and kills many of the adults before mounting one of The Golden Twins horses. Ed recognises Malik and they are reunited. The book ends with Ed claiming his prize from the leaders of the other groups of kids. Ed wants all of the kids to come to London to fight the army of grown-ups. The group leaders have no choice but to agree, as Ed won The Races, and the army of kids sets off for London.

Casualties

To be added.

Continuity

Book	Connection(s)
The Dead	Malik Hussein is revealed to have survived the mob of teenagers from The Dead.

Characters

To be added.

Trivia

• It should be noted that The Hunted has several inconsistencies in its timeline of events. For example, claim that Malik's story goes back nineteen (19) days to the day Ed leaves the Tower of London doesn't make sense -- as Ed's group is in the countryside for less than nineteen days. It would appear that Higson's attempts to work Malik in seem to throw the timeline out of balance.

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