Patient Zero, Jonathan Maberry
Patient Zero, Jonathan Maberry
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Patient Zero
A Joe Ledger Novel

Author: Jonathan Maberry

Narrator: Ray Porter

Unabridged: 14 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/29/2010

Synopsis

From multiple Bram Stoker Award–winning author Jonathan Maberry comes a major new thriller that combines the best of the New York Times bestselling books World War Z by Max Brooks and James Rollins’s Sigma Force Series to kick off the start of a new series featuring Joe Ledger and the Department of Military Sciences.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 who has just been secretly recruited by the government to lead a new task force 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 bioweapon that can turn ordinary people into zombies. The fate of the world hangs in the balance.

About Jonathan Maberry

Jonathan Maberry is a New York Times bestseller, five-time Bram Stoker Award winner, anthology editor, comic book writer, executive producer, magazine feature writer, playwright, and writing teacher/lecturer.

About Ray Porter

Ray Porter has appeared in numerous films and television shows, including Frasier, ER, Will & Grace, The Suite Life of Zack and Cody, and Almost Famous. A fifteen-year veteran of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, he lives in Los Angeles with his wife and son.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Gianfranco on January 28, 2022

Hai mai visto il film 28 giorni dopo? No? Dovresti. Anche il seguito non è male. Comunque quel film parla di un virus che stimola i centri della rabbia che si trovano nel cervello, al punto da riuscire a bloccarne ogni altra funzione. Le vittime vivono in un totale, perenne ed essenzialmente incuran......more

Goodreads review by Choko on June 28, 2020

Joe Ledger is a Baltimore cop who takes his job very seriously. He kills a guy during a raid and the last thing he expects is to have to kill him a second time that day, when the dude somehow reanimates as a Zombie! But zombies aren't real, right? Well, apparently they are and someone is using a pat......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on April 12, 2018

Listened to this on audio. It took me quite some time but not because of any fault of the book. The narrator, Ray Porter, was excellent and really made the book come to life. For the book itself, it felt very long. It really isn’t all that long considering it’s 400 pages split up into a hundred plus......more

Goodreads review by Steve on November 17, 2009

I usually steer clear of series fiction, but the Peter Straub blurb made me pick this one up. It's a fast-paced, somewhat cartoonish zombie-thriller involving Joe Ledger, the hard-boiled detective who is recruited by the super-super-ultra-secret Department of Military Sciences. There is plenty of ac......more

Goodreads review by Greg on January 15, 2009

Excusing all my derogatory comments about light / beach / vacation reading, I finally get it. If you have basically a cookie cutter action / thriller novel and it's about zombies I totally understand the appeal. If this had been merely about terrorists attacking America with some unstoppable hero go......more

Quotes

“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

“Jonathan Maberry’s Patient Zero strips today’s headlines and offers a frightening tale of how far extremists will go to succeed.  Brilliant, shocking, horrifying, it puts the terror back in terrorist.”

James Rollins, New York Times bestselling author 

“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

“This time Maberry has outdone himself with a deliciously diabolical plot and bone-chilling scenarios that keep you riveted to every page. Brutal action, insanely intelligent, and so real that the hair on the back of your neck stands up!”

L. A. Banks, New York Times bestselling author

“Wow! From the first page of Patient Zero you know you’re in the hands of a master. Maberry has created a brave, bruised, wisecracking hero destined to rub shoulders with the likes of Jack Reacher and Harry Bosch. This is high-concept with brains, action with soul and fast-paced tension with psychological insight. The brilliant beginning to a series destined for success.”

M. J. Rose, international bestselling author of The Reincarnationist

“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’s as prickly as a hospital needle and sounds a little too convincing. This guy is good.”

Joe R. Lansdale

“[An] exciting thriller…Plenty of man-to-zombie combat, a team traitor and a doomsday scenario add up to a fast and furious read.” 

Publishers Weekly

“A dark, chilling and funny thriller about zombies…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. An immensely entertaining package.”

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Awards

  • Bram Stoker Award
  • Indie Next List
  • BookRiot Pick
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