Zom-B Family

Shan, Darren. Zom-B Family. 2014. 174p. ISBN 978-0-316-21434-6. FIC SHA on the library shelves.

At the end of Zom-B Clans, B was captured by the Klan due to Rage’s treachery, but was saved from certain death at Dan-Dan’s hands when B’s father removed his hood and revealed himself. B’s mother is also present at the facility, but has been turned into a mindless zombie.

Brought in the fortified power plant, B discovers that the Board, along with Owl Man, have taken refuge here and are working closely with the military to establish a new world order in which they will reign.

B becomes Dan-Dan’s tortured plaything. Surrounded by terrified children, Dan-Dan takes his time torturing B, inflicting a lot of pain and suffering. B is then made to fight in a cage to save Vinyl’s life, the whole reason B had come here in the first place.

When it becomes clear that B will not be able to rescue Vinyl, he implores that B kills him off now instead of becoming a zombie. Moving quickly, B kills Vinyl, but then the gladiator match is interrupted by the arrival of Mr. Dowling’s army of zombies and mutants. Unfurling banners showing B’s face, they give the humans an ultimatum. Turn B over to them, or they will destroy the power plant. In their hubris, the Board refuses, and the zombies quickly overturn the fortress’ defenses.

B escapes the cage, and while B’s father begins saving humans, B chases after Dan-Dan. After a confrontation, B slaughters Dan-Dan, putting an end to that child killer’s life. Exhausted and tired, B meets Mr. Dowling in the corridor, and encounters the Babies again, who pick B up and begin to head home...