Charlie Higson has completed the first draft of The Dead, the second book in his non-Bond horror trilogy due for release in the UK by Puffin Books in October.

Charlie reported the news on Twitter (@monstroso) saying, “It's a weird feeling when you finish writing a novel. You should be elated but you just feel sort of flat.”

Charlie reminded his followers that while a first draft is complete, the book is a long way from being “finished.” He says he will still need to do a complete rewrite, then copy edit, proof read, etc. “Won't be done til the summer.”

Book 1, The Enemy, will be released in paperback in the UK in June and as a hardcover in the US in May.