It's different when I'm writing for a younger audience. I never set out to preach to them, and I certainly take them into many troubling moral waters, but I do feel like I have to wear something akin to a teacher's hat. I think children and teenagers have lots of yet-to-be-directed potential, and it's important that writers bear that in mind. It doesn't mean that you have to fill your books with unbridled hope and optimism, as many YA writers believe, but I do think you have to be careful if leading your readers into the darkness. You don't need to hold their hands, but you should provide some sort of a guiding light. Location: The key is found in the master bedroom of the Quizeens Residence, on the second floor and inside the larger closet.

Location: Through the basement of Golden Apple Vineyards, find the keys in the secret lab office, on the desk near the window.

Now, personally, with Zom-B I believe I have come up with the greatest ending ever imagined by a writer, but then again, I believe that every time I finish a long series! I’m prepared for the worst thing a writer can possibly encounter – not outright negativity, but mere indifference – but I’m hoping that readers will be excited by the book’s ending, that it takes them by surprise by not being what they were expecting, yet at the same time ends up being more than they dreamed possible. And if it’s not, and I let some of them down, the way lots of us writers of long series tend to do in the opinion of many of our readers?

Add it: Goodreads Goodreads Summary: When news reports start appearing of a zombie outbreak in Ireland, B's racist father thinks it's a joke-- but even if it isn't, he figures, it's ok to lose a few Irish. Location: Found on the roof of the Burger Fiefdom in Medieval Town. To reach it, climb onto the awning from the Baron Von Brathaus stairs and follow the path all the way around to the burger restaurant second floor.

Location: On the second floor of Cochrane’s Irish Pub, grab this key for the hidden bunker door in the basement. Simpson, Rachael (25 August 2020). "I just read Zom-B by Darren Shan and…". Blind Dog Books– via Rachael Simpson.