Now a graphic novel, The Recruitis given an entirely new look with illustrations by Ian Edginton and John Aggs A terrorist doesn't let strangers into her flat because they might be undercover police or intelligence agents, but her children can bring their friends home and they run all over the place. The terrorist doesn't know that one of these kids has bugged every room in her house, made copies of all her computer files, and stolen her address book. The child, James, was recruited from an secret agency and is just a 12-year-old boy from the wrong side of the tracks, sent to an foster-care home when his mother dies and his stepfather disowns him. James was chosen due to his potential, and he finds himself in a secret locationat the training center for all CHERUB agents. He faces extreme hardship while preparing for his first missionto foil a suspected anthrax attack.

Robert Muchamore is the bestselling author of the Cherub and Henderson's Boys series. John Aggs is a comic book artist who won the 2007 Grand Prize in the TokyoPop Rising Stars of Manga awards. He has illustrated Philip Pullman's The Adventures of John Blake. Ian Edginton is a comic book writer who has illustrated a number of titles, including H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds, and has been published widely by Dark Horse Books.