The Escape - Book 1, Henderson's Boys by Robert Muchamore
Title: 01 The Escape
Author: Robert Muchamore
Book 1 of the Henderson's Boys series starts in - Summer, 1940.
Hitler’s army is advancing towards Paris, and millions of French civilians are on the run.
Amidst the chaos, two British children are being hunted by German agents.
British spy Charles Henderson tries to reach them first, but he can only do it with the help of a twelve-year-old French orphan.
The British secret service is about to discover that kids working undercover will help to win the war.
As always... For official purposes, these children do not exist.
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About the Author
Robert Muchamore was born in Islington in 1972 and spent thirteen years working as a private investigator.
Author's Comment
Back in 2001 when I wrote CHERUB: The Recruit I had no idea that it would be so successful, or that I'd end up writing a dozen books about James Adams and his friends.
Fans were always asking me how CHERUB began and what the initials stood for. Then I thought, what if I made a new series about the beginning of CHERUB?
The world of Henderson's Boys is rougher and more dangerous than in CHERUB. Instead of drug dealers and terrorists the enemy is a brutal Nazi regime that will torture and kill young agents if they're captured.
I hope you enjoy meeting Charles Henderson and the first CHERUB agents!
The government is building a secret army of intelligence agents to work undercover, gathering information and planning sabotage operations. Henderson's Boys are part of those operations, but don't bother looking anywhere else because "For official purposes, these children do not exist"
The world's largest urban warfare training compound stands in the desert near Las Vegas. Forty British commandos are being hunted by an entire American battalion.
For official purposes, these children do not exist. 
