Matt Simon

The most outlandish and grotesque parasites that influence the behavior of their hosts, described humorously and sensationally. The idea of rabies as the source of the zombie myth in humans is intriguing, but the author failed to convince me that humans have no free will and are nothing but meat.

Good overview, but could have done without the "comedy".

An entertaining and fascinating pop-science book that takes a look at a variety of parasites that take over or otherwise "zombify" their hosts. This book has more meat than the author's previous book (The Wasp that Brainwashed the Caterpillar), but it did miss the opportunity to add colour photographs of some of the more visual parasitic phenomena.

An interesting and amusingly written book that highlights some of the strange survival mechanisms that animals have evolved. There is nothing technical in this book.

For a more in-depth look at some of these survival mechanisms, I recommend the book "Venomous" by Christie Wilcox.