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To Tatsumi for his time and patience.

To “Mrs. Malone” for cutting through the red tape. (THANK YOU!)

To Josene for the tour.

To Tron for a drive by “the place.”

To Captain Ashley and the crew of the Sau Tome for proving the point.

To Alice, Pyotr, Hugh, Telly, Antonio, Hideki, and Dr. Singh for the interviews.

To the boys (and girl) at the lab for “you know what.”

To Annik for her brilliance with pen and sword.

And, of course, to all those who have asked to remain anonymous. The lives you have helped to save will be your greatest credit.

Max Brooks lives in New York City but is ready to move to a more remote and defensible location at a moment’s notice.

Text copyright © 2003 by Max Brooks

Illustrations copyright © 2003 by Max Werner

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Brooks, Max.

The zombie survival guide: complete protection from the living dead / Max Brooks.

1. Zombies-Humor. I. Title.

818'.602-dc21 2002155370

e-ISBN 1-4000-5080-4

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