Joe Ledger Series

Code Zero: A Joe Ledger Novel
Current Joe Ledger Novel
Author Jonathan Maberry
Country United States
Language English
Series Joe Ledger Series
Genre Military Fiction, Science fiction, Thriller
Publisher St. Martin's Griffin
Publication date
'Patient Zero' released in 2009, 'Code Zero: A Joe Ledger Novel' released 2014
Preceded by Extinction Machine (2013)
Followed by Predator One (2015)

Joe Ledger is the name of an ongoing series of bio-terrorism thriller books written by Jonathan Maberry, beginning with the 2009 Patient Zero. The series also includes several short stories, audio originals and novellas.

The first three books in the series were optioned for a potential television series on ABC and a pilot was written by Javier Grillo-Marxuach.[1] It was not picked up for a full series.

Synopsis

The series follows the titular Captain Joe Ledger, a former Army Ranger and Baltimore Detective. Joe is hired by a clandestine, investigative agency known as the Department of Military Sciences (DMS). The DMS is a shadow agency formed for the purpose of pursuing technologically advanced threats to the US and the world at large by terrorists. Threats encountered throughout the series range from designer pathogens that create zombies to transgenics used for ethnic cleansing.

Characters

Echo Team - Current Members

Echo Team Members Patient Zero The Dragon Factory The King of Plagues Assassin's Code Extinction Machine Code Zero Predator One Kill Switch Total
Captain Joe "Cowboy" Ledger Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 8
First Sergeant Bradley 'Top' "Sgt. Rock" Sims Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 8
Master Sergeant Harvey 'Bunny' "Jolly Green Giant" Rabbit Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 8
Chief Petty Officer Samuel 'Skip' "Joker" Tyler Yes 1
Second Lieutenant Oliver 'Ollie' "Scarface" Brown Yes 1
Sergeant Robert 'Big Bob' Faraday Yes Yes 2
Joey Goldschein Yes 1
DeeDee "Scream Queen" Whitman Yes 1
Khalid "Dancing Duck" Shaheed Yes Yes 2
John "Chatterbox" Smith Yes Yes 2
Lydia "Warbride" Ruiz Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 5
Pete "Prankster" Yes 1
Ivan "Hellboy" Yankovich Yes Yes 2
Sam "Ronin" Imura Yes Yes Yes Yes 4
Duncan 'Dunk' "Bad Wolf" MacDougall Yes 1
Noah "Gandalf" Fallon Yes 1
Montana "Stretch" Parker Yes Yes Yes 3
Brian "Hot Zone" Botley Yes Yes 2

Other DMS Members

Enemies

Allies

Bibliography

  1. Patient Zero (2009)[2][3][4]
  2. The Dragon Factory (2010)[5]
  3. The King of Plagues (2011)[6]
  4. Assassins Code (2012)
  5. Extinction Machine (2013)
  6. Code Zero (2014)[7]
  7. Predator One (2015)
  8. Kill Switch (2016)
  9. Dogs of War (2017)

Shorts

Collections

References

  1. "ABC Puts 5 Projects In Active Development". Deadline. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
  2. Wilson, Gil T. "Patient Zero (review)". SF Site. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
  3. Faridah, Ermira (October 1, 2011). "Hear come the living dead". New Straits Times (subscription required). Retrieved 6 April 2014.
  4. Miller, Anita. "BOOK GROUPIE: Suspend disbelief and enjoy Maberry". The Gazette (subscription required). Retrieved 6 April 2014.
  5. Jones, Gareth D. "The Dragon Factory (A Joe Ledger novel) by Jonathan Maberry". SF Crowsnest. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
  6. Sharps, Nick. "BOOK REVIEW: The King of Plagues by Jonathan Maberry". SF Signal. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
  7. "Code Zero (review)". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
  8. Gilliand, Blu. "Book Review - 'Joe Ledger: Special Ops' by Jonathan Maberry". Fearnet. Retrieved 6 April 2014.
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