title: Pathogens: An Interactive Zombie Survival Gamebook (Click Your Poison) (Volume 4)
author:  James Schannep 
description: <span>"If I could take everything I love and put it into one book, it would combine into</span><span><i>Pathogens</i></span><span>by James Schannep. Zombies, hilarious pop culture references and humor, action, danger and choosing ("clicking") your own adventure make for one awesome book with at least a dozen solid storylines. Spoiler alert: it's fantastic, and totally worthy of</span><b><span>4 out of 4 stars</span><span>.</span></b><br /><br />...Once again,<span>I'm giving the book</span><span><b>4 out of 4 stars</b></span><span>and I'd even give it 100/100 if we rated that way instead. The book has sold me on wanting to read every [Click Your Poison] book James has written, and I can count on one hand how many times I've thought that about an author." <i>- C.K., Official Reviewer for OnlineBookClub.org (full review at:</i></span><i><span>hyperurl.co/</span><span>ou8gyn</span></i><i>)</i>
zlib_text: Also by Jonathan Maberry  
   _Rot & Ruin_
  
  
  
  
  
  ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  
  
  > Special thanks to some real-world people who allowed me to tap them for
  > advice and information, lean on them for support, and in some cases shove
  > them into the middle of the action. My agents, Sara Crowe and Harvey
  > Klinger; my editor, David Gale, and all the good people at Simon & Schuster
  > Books for Young Readers; experts Dr. John Cmar, of Johns Hopkins University
  > Department of Infectious Diseases, and Alan Weisman, author of _The World
  > Without Us_ (Thomas Dunne Books); fellow YA authors Nancy Holder, Michael
  > Northrup, Heather Brewer, and Maria V. Snyder; the King of the Zombies
  > George A. Romero; and cadaverine experts Ellery and John Griswold.
  
  
  
  
  
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  _This one’s for Don Lafferty, Arthur Mensch, and Sam West-Mensch._
  
  
  _And—as always—for Sara Jo._
  
  
  _—J. M._
  
  
  ## Contents
  
  
  [PART ONE: ROAD TRIP](dummy_split_010.html#filepos14103)
  
  
  > [Chapter 1](du