Patient Zero: A Joe Ledger Novel

from Alera

Patient Zero is my first experience reading anything written by Jonathan Maberry. I picked it up wanting a book about zombies and possibly a bit of chaos. I was not disappointed on either front. The action is continuous and by the end you feel almost as exhausted as Joe Ledger must with the conti...

from aethercowboy

Patient Zero is an anti-terrorist thriller with zombies. Joe Ledger, the protagonist of this story, is like all the great action heroes: he's cocky, he's witty, he's strong, and he's realistic. He's the narrator for most of the book, and he takes us through several days during which a terrorist t...

from mikedraper

Joe Ledger is a Baltomore, PD Det. He is part of a team that raids a terrorist hideout and partakes in the shoot out where a number of terrorists are killed. He is recruited into a new secret agency. DMS Dept. of Medical Science. The man in charge, Mr. Church tells him he must first subdue the ma...

from Magus_Manders

I received Patient Zero years ago from the Early Reviewer program, and proceeded to sit on it. My guilt for ignoring my responsibilities itched at the back of my brain that entire time, but I kept putting it off for more important, 'better' books. Obviously, I didn't have high expectations for Mr...

from SheilaDeeth

My son said there was more to this book than he'd expected. He knew there'd be zombies, and assumed they'd just be the McGuffin that centered the tale. Obviously there'd be some clever trick to destroying them at the end. But he was pleased to be wrong, and handed me the book with a strong recomm...