Man vs. Beast (CHERUB)
Robert Muchamore
Language: English
Pages: 352
ISBN: 1442413654
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
Teen agents take on a group of radical animal rights activists in this riveting CHERUB novel.
CHERUB agents are highly trained, extremely talented—and all under the age of seventeen. For official purposes, these agents do not exist. They are sent out on missions to spy on terrorists, hack into crucial documents, and gather intel on global threats—all without gadgets or weapons. It is an extremely dangerous job, but these agents have one crucial advantage: Adults never suspect that teens are spying on them.
In Man vs. Beast, CHERUB agents find themselves in ethical crisis. Mainstream animal protection groups have always stayed within the law, but a new band of radical liberationists argues that if humans and animals are equal, then it’s right to kill or threaten one human in order to save the lives of many animals. In a new mission, James and the other CHERUB agents must go up against the most radical group yet in a daring and violent attempt to save hundreds of lives...including their own.
to prison and asked the police to create special task forces to crack down on the liberationists’ illegal activities. Hunters, scientists, and fur farmers began to defend their livelihoods vigorously. Many laboratories installed hi-tech security systems that made breaking in as hard as cracking a bank vault. The scientists also won back a lot of public sympathy by hiring public relations experts, who emphasized advances in medicine that would not have happened if new drugs and vaccines hadn’t
never own a car or have a nice house. I’ll never have kids and I doubt there’ll be anyone at my funeral besides the priest and the undertaker. But if I’ve made a few girls like you think about what they put in their mouths and persuaded them to stop eating meat and wearing bits of dead animals on their feet, maybe it will have been worth it, eh?” James saw that Lauren had been spooked by the lanky Irishman and it riled up his instinct to defend his little sister. “Cut it out, eh? She’s only
could have been a lot worse: The operation they’d been assigned by the AFA involved large-scale property destruction, but no deliberate harm to humans, and Viv getting sick was a blessing. After turning into a deserted industrial park, the van passed two illuminated Rapid Trak signs in front of a modern brick-built sorting office. This building was open 24/7, although it ran on a skeleton staff at weekends and there were fewer than a dozen cars parked up in a lot with space for a hundred. Kyle
watched a pigeon land on the window ledge outside. “I wonder how Zara’s getting on,” Kyle said. “It must be so weird meeting someone that important. Especially for a job interview.” “It sounded like she was hurling up in the toilet this morning,” James said. “Morning sickness.” Lauren giggled as she bit a roast parsnip off her fork. “Maybe she’s pregnant as well.” “I always get the worst diarrhea when I’m nervous about anything,” Kyle said. James started to laugh. “Isn’t this nice? We come
a shoot-out. Keeping his finger on the trigger, Kyle cut behind the house, hoping to find Tom in the courtyard; but it looked like he’d gone searching for keys. He did find a four-wheeled trolley with pneumatic tires that had been used to shift some of the heavier studio equipment the day before. Kyle looked at Chase. “Take it.” “You’re off your skull,” she sneered. “You might well be right,” Kyle said, too nervous even to force a grin, as part of him wished he’d taken the simple option of