Greg"Rat"Rathbone

Gregory "Rat" Rathbone is a character in the CHERUB Series. He was born in the Australian outback as the youngest son of the Leader of the religious cult; 'The Survivors'. He is also the on-off boyfriend of Lauren Adams.

Background and early life
Rathbone was born in the Australian out back. He was brought up in difficult conditions, living all of his early life in the Survivor's ark, a building in North Australia containing the most radical of the cult Survivors, set up by Joel Reagan. He was often thrashed for bad behaviour. His mother committed suicide when Rathbone was young.

Academia
Rat is highly intelligent, although tests undertaken on CHERUB campus have failed to replicate the IQ of 197 that he claimed to possess while living in the Survivor's Ark. Due to him spending many years living with 'The Survivors' he has major gaps in his common sense. He enjoys reading and had a badly damaged copy of Oliver Twist which he read many times whilst in 'The Ark'.

Divine Madness
[1] Rathbone first meets James Adams in 'The Survivors' ark by playing a practical joke on him. They are then both thrashed and forced to spend a day in the sweatbox; a metal shed. James then asks Rat to get him and his sister "cushier" jobs, such as office work, as opposed to the warehouse or laundry.

At the end of the book Rat helps James and Lauren escape and joins CHERUB.

Man vs. Beast
[2] Rat plays a very small part in Man Vs. Beast as he is taking part in basic training. Lauren blackmails James to sneak into the training compound with her to assist Rat.

Mad Dogs
[3] Rat plays a small part in this book as well. He helps to take revenge on Norman Large, a former CHERUB training instructor, for threatening Lauren. Most of the main characters play a trick on Mr Large's adopted daughter, Hayley Large-Brooks who they trick into going for a date with James.

The Sleepwalker
Greg's part in The Sleepwalker is moderately important. He visits Lauren on the mission twice. The second time he visited he helped with the arrest of Asif Bin Hassam.

The General
[4] In The General, Rat and several others go on a training exercise in near Las Vegas with the many other special military forces. British special forces, and CHERUB agents against the American military.

Brigands M. C.
Rat again has a small role in Brigands MC. He nearly breaks up with Lauren after acting jealously towards Dante after accusing Lauren of flirting with him.

Dark Sun
Rat is the main protagonist in the short book, Dark Sun. He and fellow CHERUB agent Andy Lagan infiltrate a terrorist's house during a sleepover which culminates in a fight with the terrorist's daughter who has returned from a nightclub.