Brigands M.C.
2009 novel by Robert Muchamore
Brigands M.C. is the eleventh novel in the CHERUB series by Robert Muchamore. It was released on 4 October 2008. A blue-cover edition of which only 8,499 copies were made was also produced. The special editions were only sold in W.H.Smith in the United Kingdom. Of developing the plot Robert Muchamore said:
"I also like to mix the books up, so while The General was very much a story about CHERUB agents and training, Brigands is totally focused on the story of a boy called Dante and a huge mission to infiltrate and bring down a dangerous biker gang".
Plot
The book begins in 2003 with the death of Dante Scott's parents, older sister and brother at the hands of the Brigands M.C. South Devon President, Ralph "Führer" Donnington, after Dante's father refuses to go through with plans to redevelop the Brigands' clubhouse in a lucrative property development scheme. Dante manages to escape with his infant sister, is put under the wing of child psychologist Ross Johnson, and is questioned by police in an attempt to convict the Führer.
On the night of the brutal killing, Dante was forced into a boxing match with Martin, the Führer's eldest son, and got Martin's blood on his shirt; Dante had initially claimed that the blood was his, from a nosebleed. Johnson realises that the defence solicitors could use the unreliability of his statement to clear the Führer. Much to Dante's fury, the courts decide that there is insufficient evidence to convict the Führer; and he is subsequently released.
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