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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
"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 combatting terrorist threats on a grand scale." - David Morrell, New York Times bestselling author of FIRST BLOOD and CREEPERS
"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
"A fast-paced, creepy thriller that as prickly as a hospital needle and sounds a little too convincing. This guy is good." --Joe R. Lansdale
"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 Best-selling Author
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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....
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
INCREDIBLE!,
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This review is from: Patient Zero: A Joe Ledger Novel (Paperback)
This is by far the best single book zombie story I've ever read.The book has EVERYTHING a zombie fan could possibly ask for. Mayberry created such a wickedly awesome character in Joe Ledger that he has you wanting more of the character, not just the story, by the end of the book. The storyline is far different from your average zombie novel/story and it's a refreshing take on the genre. But within this different take, he still manages to feed you lots of typical zombie action. . . however, when Joe Ledger steps up to take down zombies you're in for some seriously kick a*% action! I'm gonna keep this short, despite the fact that i could totally go on and on about how awesome this book is. The only disappointing thing is that the next Joe Ledger book coming out doesn't have zombies in it. . . however I will be reading Dragon Factory just to follow more Joe Ledger mayhem. But Patient Zero is an ABSOLUTELY MUST READ and in my opinion OWN!
4.0 out of 5 stars
Exciting Zombie Novel with a Human Element,
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This review is from: Patient Zero: A Joe Ledger Novel (Paperback)
Wow, what a book - full of excitement, zombies, intrigue, fighting, betrayals, twists and turns! And all of this done with a very human element.Joe Ledger is a tough as they come, highly skilled cop who finds himself having to kill the same terrorist twice in one week. This leads him to join the Department of Military Science, an ultra secret government agency designed to deal with a new breed of biological weapons, weapons which effectively turn people into zombies and threaten the whole of humanity. Joe Ledger and his comrades need to stop the outbreak as well as find out who is doing this - is it a terrorist plot? And, if so, who could be organized and skilled enough to pull this off? I have to say that I am not one for gory novels, so I was not anxious to read this novel at first; however, I read Jonathan Maberry's Rot & Ruin not long ago, and felt compelled to read more books by him. For those who like vivid, descriptive zombie attacks and action scenes, you won't be disappointed. This novel is very macho, tough talking, and moves along quickly with lots of intrigue. There is scientific and military conspiracies, post 9/11 terrorist plots, super secret government organizations, romance, and so much tension that the book is hard to put down. Joe Ledger is beyond tough - you can feel the testosterone oozing out of every pore of this guy. Probably my favourite thing about Patient Zero is that it is more than a zombie book - there is a very human element. Joe Ledger and his friends don't just kill zombies, we see the full impact on them as people who do what they know is right even though they know it will leave a mark on them, contaminating them forever. One of Joe's friends is Rudy, a psychiatrist, and this allows Joe to talk and be vulnerable in the wake of what he has to do. There is a great dichotomy set up here and this really made the book for me. The story is told in an interesting way, alternating between the first person narrative of Joe and the third person narrative of some of the other characters. This even alternated from the present time to the past at times to fill in the details of how the situation developed. I think this was done effectively, though it did jar me occasionally to go from third person to first person. It is obvious that the author did a lot of research as all of the science described sounded plausible, as do the descriptions of terrorist cells and how they work, as well as how the American and British governments have reacted to terrorism. I enjoyed suspending reality so that zombies could be real in a present day scenario rather than in a dystopian future.
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Wild Romp,
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This review is from: Patient Zero: A Joe Ledger Novel (Paperback)
Terrorists + "zombies" or walkers + big corrupt pharma + government operatives = a ton of fun. Very well backed up with great details that add, dare I say, credibility to the premise. Overall a fine original take on the zombie genre.
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