Details Appertaining To Books Patient Zero (Joe Ledger #1)
| Title | : | Patient Zero (Joe Ledger #1) |
| Author | : | Jonathan Maberry |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 421 pages |
| Published | : | March 3rd 2009 by St. Martin's Griffin (first published January 1st 2009) |
| Categories | : | Horror. Zombies. Thriller. Fiction. Science Fiction |
Jonathan Maberry
Paperback | Pages: 421 pages Rating: 3.98 | 25889 Users | 2063 Reviews
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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...
Describe Books To Patient Zero (Joe Ledger #1)
| Original Title: | Patient Zero |
| ISBN: | 0312382855 (ISBN13: 9780312382858) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Joe Ledger #1 |
| Characters: | Joe Ledger, Sebastian Gault, Grace Courtland, Rudy Sanchez, Mr. Church, Bunny, Top, Amirah |
| Setting: | Baltimore, Maryland(United States) Delaware(United States) Afghanistan …more Maryland(United States) …less |
| Literary Awards: | Bram Stoker Award Nominee for Best Novel (2009) |
Rating Appertaining To Books Patient Zero (Joe Ledger #1)
Ratings: 3.98 From 25889 Users | 2063 ReviewsComment On Appertaining To Books Patient Zero (Joe Ledger #1)
Zombies are really not my thing. I love The Walking Dead (both the comic and the TV show), and I've seen all the Romero movies. I even have written a book with zombies. But really, I'm more of a Vampire, Werewolf, Sea Creature guy. However, Zombies can be cool too.This is probably the most realistic zombie story I've read. While I prefer the supernatural in my stories, the science fiction here actually made this one scarier. Terrorists creating zombies? And using a virus that maaaybe be realSo...okay, yeah. Ray Porter elevated my enjoyment of this so much that Im continuing the series this time around! *Thanks to my local library for the free download. Libraries RULE!*
Patient Zero is a number of different stories in one.A zombie story, a terrorist story and a military/police story. I enjoyed the first two but not so much the last. It was fun and intricately plotted. The characters were well developed and many of them likeable. I'm just not much into guns, knife fights and explosions.It was enjoyable, just not really my thing. If you have an action jones then this may be the book for you!
*** Note: this review follows a format intended for the "Group Read" in the Action/Adventure Afficionados discussion group. It may not conform to what your used to, but, it'll make sense... at least I hope it makes sense. End Note***1. Did you feel that this was a good zombie novel?Well, its a good book, it has Zombies in it, but it might be premature to call it a Zombie Novel. It was more action adventure with a risk of zombie apocalypseandit was a GOOD one. 2. Action scenes. How did they work
I listened to this one on audio and I didn't take notes so this will not be a real review, not that my other reviews are real either, ha. I tried reading another Maberry book called Ghost Road Blues (that sad excuse for a review is here ) and I did not get along with it, its narrator, nor its male characters but so many love this Joe Ledger character that I figured I'd give the author try. And I'm glad I did.I love this Joe Ledger person. He is crabby and sarcastic and amusing and one hell of a
Jonathan Maberry has made a name for himself writing horror, but more specifically writing about zombies. Going into Patient Zero, I knew it would contain zombies, but it could probably fit just as well under the label of "covert ops" or some such (not that this fantasy nerd knows anything past dragons and magic). It technically contains a form of "zombie," but it really isn't a zombie book. The real threat in this book is terrorism. Joe Ledger, the series' eponymous hero and Baltimore
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 action and the book is well-plotted (if by-the-numbers), but it does have a lot of howlers in it, particularly when protagonist Joe begins to feel patriotic or amorous. Joe can kill anyone, kick
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