cu ous , ▁a ▁do le ▁bl ud ger , ▁or ▁all ▁of ▁the ▁above " ▁was ▁wrong . ▁It ▁seemed ▁to ▁him ▁that ▁like ▁the ▁gener ations ▁before ▁them ▁modern ▁te en agers ▁would ▁" dig ▁deep ▁and ▁find ▁res erves ▁of ▁initi ative , ▁m atur ity , ▁responsibility ▁and ▁even ▁hero ism ". ▁ ▁With ▁Tom orrow , ▁When ▁the ▁War ▁Beg an ▁and ▁its ▁sequ els ▁Mars den ▁set ▁out ▁to ▁write ▁an ▁" old ▁fashion ed ▁advent ure ▁story ". ▁To ▁do ▁this ▁Mars den ▁looked ▁to ▁the ▁authors ▁he ▁had ▁read ▁most ▁av id ly ▁as ▁a ▁te en ager , ▁thr iller ▁writers ▁such ▁as ▁Ian ▁F lem ing , ▁Des mond ▁Bag ley , ▁John ▁Buch an , ▁Hamm ond ▁In nes ▁and ▁Al ist air ▁Mac Le an . ▁He ▁sought ▁to ▁em ulate ▁their ▁approaches ▁to ▁timing , ▁p acing ▁and ▁building ▁t ension ▁and ▁susp ense ▁and ▁combine ▁them ▁with ▁" the ▁new ▁te en age ▁gen res , ▁where ▁feelings , ▁relationships ▁and ▁character ▁development ▁were ▁all - important ." ▁ ▁The ▁insp iration ▁for ▁the ▁rural ▁setting ▁of ▁the ▁series ▁was ▁what ▁Mars den ▁saw ▁as ▁the ▁disapp earance ▁of ▁the ▁bush ▁tales ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁enjoyed ▁growing ▁up . ▁He ▁had ▁noticed ▁that ▁many ▁nov els ▁for ▁young ▁people ▁published ▁in ▁recent ▁dec ades ▁were ▁about ▁issues ▁ar ising ▁for ▁families ▁and ▁children ▁living ▁in ▁the ▁sub ur bs . ▁ ▁In ▁Mars den ▁on ▁Mars den ▁he ▁writes