The story follows James, a once average and slightly troubled teenage British boy, now a cherub agent. Cherub is a branch of British intelligence, Cherub agents are aged between ten to seventeen years, and mostly orphans who have been taken from care homes and been trained to work undercover.
Over the series, James and his friends go on numerous undercover missions, to help fight the war on drugs, terrorists, gangs and other matters. He also experiences a lot of trouble on the CHERUB campus along the way.
So far there are 9 books in the series...
- The Recruit
- Class A
- Maximum Security
- The Killing
- Divine Madness
- Man vs. Beast
- The Fall
- Mad Dogs
- The Sleepwalker
The next book in the series: The General, will come out in October 2008
This is not one of those cheesy, farfetched undercover agent stories, this is the real deal and completely realistic, definitely worth a read, you won't regret it. 5/5 stars
Quoted from Sunday Express "Punchy, exciting, glamorous and, what's more, you'll completely wish it was true"
This quote completely sums up the CHERUB series.