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Charlie Higson

    3 de julio de 1958

    Charlie Higson es célebre por sus cautivadoras narrativas que a menudo profundizan en los aspectos más oscuros de la vida y exploran personajes en los márgenes de la sociedad. Sus novelas de Young Bond ofrecen una emocionante visión de los años formativos del icónico espía, combinando la aventura llena de acción con una marcada sensibilidad de terror. Obras anteriores para adultos presentaron una visión más distópica de la existencia cotidiana, con protagonistas que pierden el control, lo que le valió comparaciones con autores como Brett Easton Ellis. La voz única de Higson reside en su habilidad para crear mundos inmersivos y llenos de suspense que resuenan en lectores que buscan emoción y profundidad psicológica.

    Charlie Higson
    Penguin Readers Level 1. Silverfin
    The Dead
    The Fear
    The Sacrifice
    FALLEN
    The Hunted
    • The Hunted

      • 448 páginas
      • 16 horas de lectura

      The Hunted is Charlie Higson's sixth terrifying installment in the thrilling The Enemy series. The sickness struck everyone over fourteen. First it twisted their minds. Next it ravaged their bodies. Now they roam the streets - Crazed and hungry The others had promised that the countryside would be safer than the city. They were wrong. Now Ella's all-alone except for her silent rescuer, Scarface - and she's not even sure if he's a kid or a grown-up. Back in London, Ed's determined to find her. But getting out of town's never been more dangerous- because coming in the other direction is every SICKO in the country. It's like they're being called towards the capital and nothing is going to stop them...In the penultimate book in The Enemy series, the survivors' stories cross with chilling consequences.

      The Hunted
      4,5
    • First the sickness rotted the adults' minds. Then their bodies. Now they stalk the streets, hunting human flesh. The Holloway crew are survivors. They've fought their way across London and made it to the Natural History Museum alive - just. But the fight will never end while the Enemy lives, unless there's another way . . . The kids at the museum are looking for a cure. All they need are medical supplies. To get them means a journey down unknown roads. Roads where not only crazed, hungry sickos hide in the shadows. Suddenly it's not so clear who - or what - they're fighting. 'Lord of the Flies with zombies . . . tons of nail-biting action.' Rick Riordan, creator of Percy Jackson Contains strong language and scenes of violence

      FALLEN
      4,4
    • Follows the dual storylines of Small Sam on his search for Ella and of Shadowman's discoveries about Saint George and the Disease itself.

      The Sacrifice
      4,4
    • The Fear

      • 496 páginas
      • 18 horas de lectura

      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 the Tower of London to Buckingham Palace and beyond, as the sickos lie in wait. But who are their friends and who is the enemy in this changed world?

      The Fear
      4,4
    • The Dead

      • 450 páginas
      • 16 horas de lectura

      As a disease turns everyone over sixteen into brainless, decomposing, flesh-eating creatures, a group of teenagers head to London. Ed, Jack, Bam and the other students at Rowhurst School learn more about the Disaster, and meet an adult who seems to be immune to the disease.

      The Dead
      4,3
    • Penguin Readers Level 1. Silverfin

      • 64 páginas
      • 3 horas de lectura

      Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material online. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction, introducing language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. The eight levels of Penguin Readers follow the Common European Framework of Reference for language learning (CEFR). Exercises at the back of each Reader help language learners to practise grammar, vocabulary, and key exam skills. Before, during and after-reading questions test readers' story comprehension and develop vocabulary. Visit the Penguin Readers website Exclusively with the print edition, readers can unlock online resources including a digital book, audio edition, lesson plans and answer keys. On Loch SilverFin in Scotland, a bad man lives in a castle with his son. James Bond and his new friend Red Kelly go to the castle. They must find Red's missing cousin, Alfie. But what do they find in the castle? Do they find Alfie, or is it too late?

      Penguin Readers Level 1. Silverfin
      4,4
    • The End

      • 480 páginas
      • 17 horas de lectura

      It all comes to an end in the final book in The Enemy series The sickness struck everyone over fourteen. First it twisted their minds. Next it ravaged their bodies. Now they roam the streets - Crazed and hungry. Sickos swarm the streets of London. Gathered in the centre of the city, they lie in wait. The survivors have one final epic battle to overcome. Together they must work out a plan of attack and end the grown-ups reign of terror before it's too late. The end is coming.

      The End
      4,0
    • Young Bond

      • 368 páginas
      • 13 horas de lectura

      Caribbean island of Lagrimas Negras - Criminals come here to hide, with blood on their hands and escape on their minds. On the mainland, in the town of Tres Hermanas, ex-flying ace Jack Stone leaves his son and daughter in the company of James Bond. But a gang of thieves lies in ambush - they want Stone's precious safe.

      Young Bond
      4,2
    • By Royal Command

      • 353 páginas
      • 13 horas de lectura

      With his every move being watched, James Bond is forced to flee from Eton to Austria with a beautiful and dangerous girl by his side. Soon he is trapped in a deadly war of secrets and lies, as a nightmare reunion with a bitter enemy plunges him once more into the face of death.

      By Royal Command
      4,1