The search for the means to control the bodies and minds of our fellow humans has been underway for millennia, from the sleep-inducing honeycombs that felled Pompey’s army to the famous Vodou potions of Haiti. But in the past century, science has taken up the quest.

Science writer Frank Swain digs up the reality of zombies:

- dog heads brought back to life without their bodies
- secret agents dosing targets with zombie drugs
- parasites that force sex changes
- bulls commanded by remote control
- city streets designed to quell violent thoughts
- military interrogation techniques used in Iraq and beyond

Packed full of untold stories buried in the archives, How to Make a Zombie is a mind-bending and entertaining excavation of incredible science is unlike anything (you think) you've read before.