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Horror

Patient Zero

a Joe Ledger novel

by

  • 2009 first published
  • 421 pages
  • ★ 3.4 (7 ratings)
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Jonathan Maberry's Patient Zero (2009) is a horror novel. Much of the action takes place in Maryland and Baltimore. It deals with detectives, Bioterrorism, zombies and Terrorism.

Open Library readers give it an average of 3.4 out of 5 from 7 ratings, and 16 more have it on their want-to-read list.

At about 421 pages, most readers finish it in 7–8 hours.

About Patient Zero

"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 ..."--Publisher description.
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  • Detectives
  • Bioterrorism
  • Zombies
  • Terrorism
  • Prevention
  • Suspense
  • Horror
  • Baltimore, Md.

Quick answers

Who wrote Patient Zero?

Patient Zero was written by Jonathan Maberry and first published in 2009.

What genre is Patient Zero?

It is usually shelved as Horror.

How long is Patient Zero?

The median edition has 421 pages, about 7–8 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to Patient Zero?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Silence of the Lambs, Blair Witch and Amber House.

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