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Patient Zero

by Jonathan Maberry

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ISBN13: 9780312382858
ISBN10: 0312382855
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When you have to kill the same terrorist twice in one week there's either something wrong with your world or something wrong with your skills... and there's nothing wrong with Joe Ledger's skills. And that's both a good, and a bad thing. It's good because he's a Baltimore detective that has just been secretly recruited by the government to lead a new taskforce created to deal with the problems that Homeland Security can't handle. This rapid response group is called the Department of Military Sciences or the DMS for short. It's bad because his first mission is to help stop a group of terrorists from releasing a dreadful bio-weapon that can turn ordinary people into zombies. The fate of the world hangs in the balance....

Review:

"While raiding a terrorist cell at the start of this exciting thriller from Stoker-winner Maberry (Dead Man's Song), Baltimore PD Det. Joe Ledger shoots two .45 slugs into Javad Mustapha, killing him very dead. Four days later, while trying out for a secret government antiterrorist unit, Joe has to kill Javad all over again. It appears the terrorists have figured out a way to make zombies, and they're about to turn the legions of the undead loose on the world. Terrorist El Mujahid and his brilliant scientist wife, Amirah, who created the zombies, are working with villainous international businessman Sebastian Gault. That Sebastian and Amirah are having wild sex in the lab shows that loyalties within the group of conspirators aren't all they should be. Joe leads a team of elite fighters against the zombies, a job he performs with spectacular skill. Plenty of man-to-zombie combat, a team traitor and a doomsday scenario add up to a fast and furious read." Publishers Weekly (Copyright Reed Business Information, Inc.)

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"Brutal action, insanely intelligent, and so real that the hair on the back of your neck stands up!" L.A. Banks, The Vampire Huntress Legends Series, New York Times-bestselling author

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"I had a fine old time reading Patient Zero. Jonathan Maberry has found a delightful voice for this adventure of Joe Ledger and his crew: while the action is heated, violent, and furious, the writing remains cool, steady, and low-key, framing all the wildness and exuberance in a calm rationality (given an almost comic edge) that renders it as palatable as your favorite flavor of ice cream. This is a lovely feat, and Maberry has written a memorable book." Peter Straub

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"Patient Zero is high-octane excitement from beginning to end, and the start of a fabulous new series. Joe Ledger and the DMS have my vote as the team to beat when combating terrorist threats on a grand scale." David Morrell, New York Times-bestselling author of First Blood and Creepers

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"Scary, creepy, and gripping — Patient Zero is Night of the Living Dead meets Michael Crichton." Joseph Finder, New York Times-bestselling author of Power Play

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"A fast-paced, creepy thriller that's as prickly as a hospital needle and sounds a little too convincing. This guy is good." Joe R. Lansdale

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"The book is as fun and funny as it is chilling and thrill-packed. Joe is a fantastic character, full of compassion, real vulnerabilities and a deliciously dark sense of humor." Kirkus Reviews

About the Author

Jonathan Maberry is the multiple Bram Stoker Award-winning author of Ghost Road Blues (Pinnacle Books, 2006), first of a trilogy of thrillers with a supernatural bite. He is a professional writer and writing teacher and since 1979 has sold more than 1100 articles, seventeen nonfiction books, six novels, as well as short stories, poetry, song lyrics, video scripts, and two plays. In 2004, Jonathan was inducted into the International Martial Arts Hall of Fame largely because of his extensive writings in that field.

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Gregory, April 13, 2009 (view all comments by Gregory)
Be careful picking up this book - make sure you have plenty of time because it will keep you coming back till you finish it wanting more. Jonathan Mayberry cooks up a stew of police drama, spy thriller, and military action liberally spicing it with zombies and headline terrorist themes. He succeeds in creating very likable and believable characters that I genuinely want more stories about - even the heels.. Zombies aside this would be a great modern military thriller so even if horror is not your thing you might still want to go there.

People who like horror and want to fill in the time till World War Z the movie arrives should give this a whirl...... This is the first book of his that I have read of his but it wont be the last....
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780312382858
Author:
Maberry, Jonathan
Publisher:
St. Martin's Griffin
Subject:
Thrillers
Subject:
Terrorism
Subject:
Prevention
Subject:
Technological
Subject:
Suspense fiction
Subject:
Terrorism -- Prevention.
Edition Description:
Trade Paper
Publication Date:
March 2009
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
421
Dimensions:
8.29x5.53x1.12 in. .85 lbs.

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