Department 19
In a secret supernatural battle that's been raging for over a century, the stakes have just been raised – and they're not wooden anymore.DEPARTMENT 6 IS THE ARMYDEPARTMENT 12 is MI5DEPARTMENT 19 IS THE REASON YOU’RE ALIVEWhen Jamie Carpenter's mother is kidnapped by strange creatures, he finds himself dragged into Department 19, the government's most secret agency.Fortunately for Jamie, Department 19 can provide the tools he needs to find his mother, and to kill the vampires who want him dead. But unfortunately for everyone, something much older is stirring, something even Department 19 can't stand up against…
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Copyright © Will Hill 2010
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Ebook Edition © 2013 ISBN: 9780007354474
Version: 2017-09-19
I have been one acquainted with the night.
I have walked out in rain â and back in rain.
I have outwalked the furthest city light.
Robert Frost
We want no proofs. We ask none to believe us.
Abraham Van Helsing
Contents
MEMORANDUM
PROLOGUE
Chapter 1 - TEENAGE WASTELAND
Chapter 2 - SINS OF THE FATHER
Chapter 3 - ATTACK ON SUBURBIA
Chapter 4 - SEARCH AND RESCUE
Chapter 5 - INTO THE DARKNESS
Chapter 6 - THE LYCEUM INCIDENT, PART 1
Chapter 7 - ITâS HARD TO BREATHE WITH A HAND AROUND YOUR THROAT
Chapter 8 - THE LYCEUM INCIDENT, PART II
Chapter 9 - A HARD DAYâS NIGHT
Chapter 10 - THE LYCEUM INCIDENT, PART III
Chapter 11 - THE MORNING AFTER
Chapter 12 - A CRIMSON KINDNESS
Chapter 13 - FIRST DATE
Chapter 14 - SPLINTER CELL
Chapter 15 - THE SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS
Chapter 16 - EVERY BOYâS DREAM
Chapter 17 - THE BLACK SHEEP
Chapter 18 - IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS
Chapter 19 - BLOOD AND LETTERS
Chapter 20 - THE CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS, PART I
Chapter 21 - THE WRONG SIDE OF THE TRACKS
Chapter 22 - THE CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS, PART II
Chapter 23 - ROUND TWO
Chapter 24 - THE CITY THAT NEVER SLEEPS, PART III
Chapter 25 - HE WAS MY FRIEND, AND I LOVED HIM
Chapter 26 - THE BEGINNING OF THE END
Chapter 27 - THREEâS A CROWD
Chapter 28 - ALL THE FUN OF THE FAIR
Chapter 29 - A CALCULATED RISK
Chapter 30 - VALHALLA
Chapter 31 - ONE RULE FOR EVERYONE
Chapter 32 - WHOSE SIDE ARE YOU ON?
Chapter 33 - ON THE WAY TO THE GALLOWS
Chapter 34 - THE HUNTING PARTY
Chapter 35 - YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW
Chapter 36 - THE SECOND INVASION OF LINDISFARNE
Chapter 37 - AT THE ROOF OF THE WORLD
Chapter 38 - LOVE BURNS
Chapter 39 - A FORMAL INVITATION
Chapter 40 - BREAKING POINT
Chapter 41 - THE EASTERN FRONT
Chapter 42 - UNHOLY ISLAND
Chapter 43 - THE STUFF OF NIGHTMARES
Chapter 44 - IN THE HOUSE OF GOD
Chapter 45 - THE TRUTH HURTS
Chapter 46 - STAND, AND BE TRUE
Chapter 47 - THE HUMAN HEART IS A FRAGILE THING
Chapter 48 - THE END OF THE TUNNEL
FIRST EPILOGUE
SECOND EPILOGUE
About the Author
MEMORANDUM
From:Office of the Director of the Joint Intelligence Committee
Subject:Revised classifications of the British Governmental departments
Security:TOP SECRET
DEPARTMENT 1 Office of the Prime Minister
DEPARTMENT 2 Cabinet Office
DEPARTMENT 3 Home Office
DEPARTMENT 4 Foreign and Commonwealth Office
DEPARTMENT 5 Ministry of Defence
DEPARTMENT 6 British Army
DEPARTMENT 7 Royal Navy
DEPARTMENT 8 Her Majestyâs Diplomatic Service
DEPARTMENT 9 Her Majestyâs Treasury
DEPARTMENT 10 Department for Transport
DEPARTMENT 11 Attorney Generalâs Office
DEPARTMENT 12 Ministry of Justice
DEPARTMENT 13 Military Intelligence, Section 5 (MI5)
DEPARTMENT 14 Secret Intelligence Service (SIS)
DEPARTMENT 15 Royal Air Force
DEPARTMENT 16 Northern Ireland Office
DEPARTMENT 17 Scotland Office
DEPARTMENT 18 Wales Office
DEPARTMENT 19 CLASSIFIED
DEPARTMENT 20 Territorial Police Forces
DEPARTMENT 21 Department of Health
DEPARTMENT 22 Government Communication Headquarters (GCHQ)
DEPARTMENT 23 Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC)
PROLOGUE
BRENCHLEY, KENT3>RDNOVEMBER 2007
Jamie Carpenter was watching TV in the living room when he heard the tyres of his dadâs car crunch across the gravel drive much, much earlier than usual. Jamie looked at the clock on the wall above the TV and frowned. It was quarter past five. Julian Carpenter had never, to the best of Jamieâs memory, arrived home from work before seven oâclock, and even that was only on special occasions like his mumâs birthday or when Arsenal were playing in the Champions League.
He hauled himself off the sofa, a tall, slightly awkward fourteen-year-old with a skinny frame and unruly brown hair, and went to the window. His dadâs silver Mercedes was parked where it always was, in front of the garage that stood apart from their house. Jamie could see his father in the glow of the carâs brake lights, pulling something out of the boot.
