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| Author | Robert Muchamore |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Series | CHERUB |
| Genre | Thriller, Spy novel |
| Publisher | Hodder and Stoughton |
Publication date | 19 October 2006 |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | 320 pp (first edition, paperback) |
| ISBN | 0-340-91169-7 (first edition, paperback) |
| OCLC | 70173265 |
| 823.92 22 | |
| LC Class | PZ7.M869647 Ma 2006 |
| Preceded by | Divine Madness |
| Followed by | The Fall |
Man vs Beast is the sixth novel of the CHERUB series by Robert Muchamore.
Lauren and Bethany plot to sneak into the basic training compound to provide care packages to the trainees, including Rat and Bethany's brother Jake. Lauren blackmails James into aiding them by threatening to reveal to Kerry that he had cheated on her during their mission in Idaho. The trio successfully make it into the compound and give their packages to the trainees, but are caught on a backup CCTV system. James is left off with a warning after Lauren's blackmail is exposed, but Lauren and Bethany are harshly punished.
Several weeks later, James, Lauren, Kyle and Zara are sent on a mission to bring down the AFM (Animal Freedom Militia), an animal liberation terrorist group. They stay with peaceful animal rights activist Ryan Quinn, who uses his links with animal rights groups to aid the cherubs. James and Kyle befriend Tom and Viv Carter, two hardline animal rights activists who are dissatisfied with peaceful protest; Kyle begins dating Tom. Meanwhile, Lauren joins Quinn in rescuing and rehoming beagle puppies from a kennel that sells dogs for experimentation. One puppy evades the activists and is only found after the others are rehomed, so Lauren brings him back to Quinn's house and names him Meatball.
Viv makes contact with Rhiannon "Jo" Jules, a wealthy animal rights activist who leads AFM off-shoot the AFA (Animal Freedom Army). James, Kyle and Tom are invited to participate in an AFA assault on a medical research company by committing an arson attack on a courier depot that makes deliveries to the company. The attack goes successfully and James, Kyle, Viv and Tom are recruited to participate in the AFA's kidnapping of celebrity chef Nick Cobb. Members of the AFA livestream themselves forcefeeding Cobb sink cleaner, intended as retribution for Cobb's legal team having had bunnies forcefed the same sink cleaner as evidence in a lawsuit. James escapes from an AFA safehouse, tells the authorities where Cobb is being held, and returns to CHERUB campus. Kyle, who is present at Cobb's torture, forces the activists at gunpoint to put Cobb onto a van that he drives to hospital. Jo, Tom, Viv and the other AFA members are subsequently arrested while trying to flee their base of operations.
With the mission over, Zara and Lauren bid farewell to Quinn. Lauren, swayed by Quinn, becomes vegetarian. As Lauren is not allowed a pet as an active CHERUB agent, Zara and Ewart Asker adopt Meatball. Two days later, James, Lauren, Kerry, and Bethany board a flight about to depart to the CHERUB summer hostel in the Mediterranean, joined by Rat and Jake, who passed basic training. When Zara boards the plane she is greeted warmly by the cherubs: it is revealed that she has been appointed chairwoman of CHERUB.
In the epilogue, Jo is sentenced to 18 years in prison, Viv to 12, and Tom to 4. Multiple other AFA and AFM members are also incarcerated, and the AFM disbands. Quinn forms a new animal rights organisation dedicated to non-violent action against animal rights offenders. Cobb survives his ordeal, albeit with irreversible damage to his digestive system. Mac retires as CHERUB chairman. [1]
The book has been thoroughly recommended by The Sunday Telegraph.
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The American Family Association (AFA) is a conservative and Christian fundamentalist 501(c)(3) organization based in the United States. It opposes LGBT rights and expression, pornography, and abortion. It also takes a position on a variety of other public policy goals. It was founded in 1977 by Donald Wildmon as the National Federation for Decency and is headquartered in Tupelo, Mississippi.
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CHERUB is a series of teenage spy novels written by English author Robert Muchamore, focusing around a fictional division of the British Security Service called CHERUB, which employs children, predominantly orphans, 17 or younger as intelligence agents.
The Animal Rights Militia (ARM) is a banner used by animal rights activists who engage in direct action utilizing a diversity of tactics that ignores the Animal Liberation Front's policy of taking all necessary precautions to avoid harm to human life.
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The animal rights (AR) movement, sometimes called the animal liberation, animal personhood, or animal advocacy movement, is a social movement that seeks an end to the rigid moral and legal distinction drawn between human and non-human animals, an end to the status of animals as property, and an end to their use in the research, food, clothing, and entertainment industries.
The Killing is the fourth novel of the CHERUB series by Robert Muchamore. The book chronicles the adventures of the CHERUB agents investigating a small-time crook who suddenly makes it big. Muchamore named the book after the film The Killing. The novel was generally well received, but, unlike its predecessor, received no awards.
Divine Madness is the fifth novel in the CHERUB series by Robert Muchamore. In this novel, CHERUB agents James, Lauren, and Dana go to Australia to investigate a religious cult called the Survivors.
Mad Dogs is the eighth novel in the CHERUB series by Robert Muchamore. In the novel, CHERUB agents infiltrate a violent street gang.
James Robert Anthony Adams is the main character in the first series of the acclaimed book series CHERUB by British author Robert Muchamore. Upon joining CHERUB he changed his surname to Adams, which is derived from ex-Arsenal FC defender Tony Adams. He ended his CHERUB career wearing a black T-shirt, which is the most elite colour granted. At the end of his CHERUB life, he returns to his "Choke" surname and switches his two forenames around, to become Robert James Choke. However, he is still referred to as James in later books. He made an appearance in the third book of the second CHERUB series, Black Friday and is a mission controller in the fourth book of the second CHERUB series, Lone Wolf. He also made an appearance in the last book, New Guard.
The Sleepwalker is the ninth novel in the CHERUB series by Robert Muchamore. It was released in February 2008. The book features Lauren Adams and Jake Parker in the lead roles, investigating an airline crash that a mentally disturbed boy called Fahim claims was caused by his father. Meanwhile, James Adams has a subplot doing work experience with Kerry Chang at a fast food restaurant. This is the first CHERUB book to feature Lauren in the lead role, with James' story as a subplot.
The General is the tenth novel in the CHERUB series by Robert Muchamore. The primary action of the novel is set in the Nevada desert during a joint training exercise of American and British troops.
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Shadow Wave is the twelfth novel in the CHERUB series by Robert Muchamore. It was published by Hodder Children's Books (ISBN 9780340956472) on 26 August 2010, and features the final mission of the long-standing central character James Adams. A limited edition of Shadow Wave, with an orange cover, was made available exclusively at W.H.Smith. Details of Muchamore's plans to create a small three-book series called "Aramov" without James, were revealed via a secret website detailed on the back pages of all copies of the book.
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New Guard is the eighteenth and final novel in the CHERUB series by Robert Muchamore, and the fifth and final book in the Aramov series. It was published on 31 May 2016.
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