Mad Dogs: Book 8 (CHERUB)

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Beneath Suspicion: The whole point of CHERUB children. People, even paranoid criminals, don't expect 11 year olds to have intelligence training, meaning they can get away with a great deal. James was born James Robert Choke in Tufnell Park, London on October 23, 1991. He lived with his half-sister Lauren and his mother, Gwen Choke; who ran the largest shoplifting empire in North London from an armchair in their living room. James didn't know who his father was, though it is revealed in a deleted passage from Divine Madness that he was a mathematics professor; which explains where he inherited his excellent mathematical abilities from. Team Pet: While the cherubs themselves are not allowed pets, we do get a close equivalent with the beagle Meatball, who Lauren helped rescue from an illegal puppy mill on a mission in Man vs. Beast, and ended up becoming the CHERUB chairwoman's family pet, allowing Meatball to reappear frequently. James and Dana hooked their strops on to the cable, as an announcement loud enough to be heard in a war zone blasted out of a speaker beside them. Improbable Infant Survival: Despite being a series about children being put in dangerous situations, none of them actually get killed. It gets mentioned once that only about four CHERUB agents have ever actually died on a mission over the course of CHERUB's entire history. A couple of characters come pretty close though, and from what we see they go through, it's honestly miraculous more agents haven't been killed during a mission, and apparently none have ever been explicitly murdered in the entire organization's history. note The first two deaths happened together and the cause is still unknown, the third death was due to a venomous snake bite, the fourth death was from a landmine.

Kazakov grabbed the harness of James’ parachute and yanked the straps so tightly that James’ shoulders squeezed together. His stomach churned as the giant Russian eye-balled him. This is the co-pilot speaking. Navigation confirms we are in location. Winds are nine knots north easterly, giving us a drop-zone window of fifty-eight seconds on my mark.’ Refuge in Audacity: Michael Patel tends to go overboard when arresting perps. In one instance, he deliberately slams James' head into the top of his police car's door. Patel is smart enough to know that he can get away with any accusations of police brutality by dismissing the claims as racism against an ethnic cop, causing the case to boil down to a policeman's word against a criminal's. This gives him the perfect cover to keep doing it. Deliberately Cute Child: Lauren Adams pulls this act a few times in the early books when she is young enough to get away with it.Lauren takes the cake with her on-campus disciplinary record for scheming and plotting, as well as some moments in her missions. Death by Origin Story: The cherubs are all required to be orphaned or abandoned with no family members likely to turn up and claim them. This trope strikes main characters James and Lauren, as their mother dies just chapters into the first book and Lauren's father is sent to jail for smuggling cigarettes after hitting Lauren. Befriend the family of Leon Tarasov, a shady businessman and small-time crook who has suddenly come into possession of several million dollars (with Dave) (SUCCESS) The main characters are James Adams, a Jerk with a Heart of Gold and a deliberate parody of James Bond, and his more mature and responsible little sister, Lauren Adams. Other CHERUB agents and staff also play a major role throughout the series.

This is James’s 8th mission and its objective was to intercept a turf war between two major gangs in England, ‘The Slasher Boys’ and ‘The Runts’ . The story line follows after the end of Class A where Keith Moore’s gang has collapsed with the two gangs engaged in a violent conflict over the Luton underworld. Cherub’s plan is to sneak James into a football club controlled by the Mad Dogs and endeavouring to use his connections with Keith Moore to get close to Sasha, the leader of the gang. James throughout the plot shows his loyalty through raids and stealing and eventually gains the Boss’ trust. Plant listening devices in the office of George Stein, a professor with suspected links to Help Earth (with Shak) (SUCCESS) James arrives at CHERUB the night after his twelfth birthday and, after learning how to swim under the guidance of Amy Collins, immediately enters Basic Training. He is paired with eleven-year-old Kerry Chang, who has lived at CHERUB since age seven and whose parents died when she was three (when she was placed in a succession of children's homes). Kerry assists James with her well-honed skills and sheer determination, whilst in return, she asks him to help protect her injured knee. Throughout basic training he develops a strong bond with Kerry as well as the six other recruits, Shakeel Dajani, Mo, Gabrielle O'Brien, Callum Reilly, Connor Reilly and Nicole Eddison. Follows the reunion of four old sixth form friends. They head to Spain to visit the fifth member of the gang, but things take a dark turn. The friends bury Tiny Blair but are scared when the villa suffers a power cut and flares are fired and believe the Serbs are trying to intimidate them.Animal Wrongs Group: The AFM (in Man vs Beast). At the beginning of the book they are shown blinding a woman who worked at a laboratory where animal testing is carried out. In the climax, they kidnap a celebrity and torture him live on the internet.

Mad Dogs is the eighth novel in the CHERUB series by Robert Muchamore. In the novel, CHERUB agents infiltrate a violent street gang. The Good Old British Comp: The series depicts several schools, but pretty much all of them follow the common stereotypes described in this trope. Some are bad enough to qualify as an Inner City School. Living MacGuffin: Ethan Aramov. CHERUB wants him to take down the Aramov clan, Irena seemingly wants him and his mother to take over after she dies, and Leonid just wants him dead. John Jones: "Pretty brave attempting The Lord of the Rings. Never managed to plough through it all myself." Bruiser with a Soft Center: Bruce again; as hardcore as he seems, he still goes to bed with a little blue teddy bear (although he himself denies this, saying it just "fell" onto his bed that one time).Even Evil Has Loved Ones: While "evil" may be pushing it, many of the antagonists have families which they clearly care about because outside of their criminal activities, they're just normal people. CHERUB exploits this fact by having their agents befriend their targets' children and by extension, the targets themselves. Team Mom: Because of the young age of the agents, most of the female staff has to play this role at one point or another, particularly Zara Asker, who starts out the series as a CHERUB mission controller and is later promoted to CHERUB Chairwoman.

Darker and Edgier: Generally, the first series of books gets darker and edgier as it progresses, this is partially because the protagonists are also aging and thus are not only allowed on more dangerous missions but also have to deal with the typical social problems (e.g. sex) as they arise.

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We really see Bruce and James bond (< I just noticed this promise it wasn't meant xD) a lot over the course of this mission through mature conversations. James loses his V-card to Lois and its hard to deny that most boys that age would turn down the offer. James is obviously a good looking guy who attracts the attention of both sexes ( cough Wheels) and we just have to live with that and be proud of our boy. Bruce talks James through his increasingly bad rep on campus and we see James mature by telling Dana he's made a big mistake, worried the lies will play on his mind and ruin the relationship. Quite a lot. Nobody realises kids do undercover missions, which means they can get away with all kinds of stuff that adults can’t. Following the last book in the CHERUB series, it was revealed that a trilogy would be released starting from August 2011 that will focus on a new set of CHERUB agents centred upon Ryan Sharma and also involve an sixteen year old Lauren Adams. The first book will be called People's Republic. Bait-and-Switch Boss: Irena Aramov is the leader of the Aramov clan, the bad guys of the second series. She is actually a nice old lady, who is all too willing to help Ethan and his mother. The real antagonist is Irena's son, Leonid. Vladimir Obidin and his department in The Fall, who are every bit as involved in the arms trade as Denis.