The first phenomenal adventure in this edge-of-your-seat series from bestselling author Charlie Higson. The first phenomenal adventure in a heartstopping new series - now in paperback.They'll chase you. They'll rip you open. They'll feed on you . . .When the sickness came, every parent, police officer, politician - every adult - fell ill. The lucky ones died. The others are crazed, confused and hungry.Only children under fourteen remain, and they're fighting to survive.Now there are rumours of a safe place to hide. And so a gang of children begin their quest across London, where all through the city - down alleyways, in deserted houses, underground - the grown-ups lie in wait.But can they make it there - alive?