Puffin has pulled forward the release date for Charlie Higson’s second book in his non-Bond horror trilogy, The Dead, to September 16. The release date had been October 7.

Amazon has also posted a plot description with a few new details:

“A terrible disease is striking everyone over the age of fourteen. Death walks the streets. Nowhere is safe. Maxie, Blue and the rest of the Holloway crew aren’t the only kids trying to escape the ferocious adults who prey on them. Jack and Ed are best friends, but their battle to stay alive tests their friendship to the limit as they go on the run with a mismatched group of other kids – nerds, fighters, misfits. And one adult. Greg, a butcher, who claims he’s immune to the disease. They must work together if they want to make it in this terrifying new world. But as a fresh disaster threatens to overwhelm London, they realize they won’t all survive.”

Charlie Higson has tweeted that he will start writing his “new book” today. Presumably this is Enemy 3. This is an early start for Charlie who only wrote The Dead this year.

Could it be he’s freeing up 2011 for some other project...?