Patient Zero - Jonathan Maberry
its been about a month since i read this book. since i finished, i have stew over it and passed it on to at least two other people. i guess this means i need to write about it too, as i obviously enjoyed it.
ZOMBIES, but not your typical variety. There was no alien flyby? or radiation leak that caused these undead to rise and eat flesh. At no point did hell fill up and the souls of the damned rise to retake the earth.
Patient Zero is pure science. science and violent horrific terrorism bent on destroying americans and all who stand beside them. terrorists have begun activating cells testing out a new bio weapon that kills and reanimates. Joe Ledger is brought into the mix to head up a team of black-ops that will attempt to save us all.
Book 1 in Jonathan Maberry’s new series is fuckin awesome. You dont pick it up expecting Hemingway, there is no desire to be reminded of The Great Gatsby or the Hours. you know? what you are getting into from the first page. this is not to say that he is not a fine writer. just that he is alone the same lines as Duane Swierczynski (Author of The Blond and Severance Package) or Warren Ellis (author of Crooked Little Vein). The book is fast paced and brutal.
From the book’s summary: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.
Joe Ledger, the heartbeat of the book, is a total bad-ass and i hope to see him in a great number of future books. as it is now, it looks like book two of the Ledger tales is due out in 2010 and is titled “The Dragon Factory” genetics, nazi’s it should be a mess of awesomeness.
for anyone interested, the last page of “Patient Zero” advises that a short story is available for download by this author. it is essentially chapter -1 of this book. well worth reading. Available at the following location: www.stmartins.com/jonathanmaberry
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