popular boy from Rowhurst and Jack's best friend. His face is scarred after Greg Thorne attacks him with a meat cleaver. He assumes leadership of the group after they escape the motorcoach. Frederique Morel – A French girl whom the Rowhurst students find while escaping their school. Frederique develops a romantic connection with Jack, but this is never fully established because she becomes infected, due to her mature age. The Rowhurst students expel her from the Imperial War Museum, and later she reappears at the battle on the bridge and bites Aleisha. Immediately after this, she regains control of herself long enough to let Ed shoot and kill her. Harry "Bam" Bamford – A student from Rowhurst. Bam is a strong, powerful, enthusiastic rugby player, much respected by everyone because he is the best fighter of the group. He is killed in a fight with Greg Thorne, who attacks him from behind with a meat cleaver. Jack – A main character in the book. A student from Rowhurst, Jack is Ed's best friend and dies from multiple wounds sustained when Bam shoots him and Greg stabs him. Ed carries him back to Jack's family's house where he dies peacefully in his own bed. When Ed leaves, he burns the house so that Jack's body doesn't get eaten by the adults. Johnno – One of the Rowhurst rugby players who is killed during the ambush at the Fez. Justin – The last of the three nerds. He is put in charge of driving the Tesco truck. He later in the book is in charge of driving with Brooke across the busy bridge. Kwanele Nkosi – A fashion-obsessed African student from Rowhurst. Kwanele is cowardly and unwilling to help out with anything for fear of ruining his clothes. Ed Carter is greatly annoyed by this behaviour. Piers – One of the rugby players from Rowhurst and a friend of Bam's. He is injured early in the novel, and dies when Kwanele and Ed leave him at the bus. The Sullivan Brothers - Twin rugby players from Rowhurst named Damien and Anthony. Both are killed at the Fez. Wiki – A small boy who seems to know everything, hence his nickname. His real name is Thomas. The Church at Rowhurst Archie Bishop – A member of "The Lamb" religion formed by Matthew. His father was a vicar and he is Matthew's right-hand man.