It was the last thing he wanted, but Joe Ledger is back . . . Saturday 09:11 Hours: A blast rocks a London hospital. Thousands are dead or injured... 10:09 Hours: Joe Ledger arrives on scene to investigate. The horror is unlike anything he has ever seen. Compelled by grief and rage, Joe rejoins the Department of Military Sciences and within hours is attacked by a hit-team of assassins. Then comes the suicide mission into a viral hot zone during an Ebola outbreak. Joe and his team are being pushed over the edge.To get to the bottom of what is going on Joe Ledger and the DMS must tear down veils of deception. What they uncover is something far more horrifying than nature or legend could have imagined. Millions will die unless Joe Ledger meets this powerful new enemy on their own terms. In this war you fight terror with terror. Praise for PATIENT ZERO:'Heated, violent and furious' PETER STRAUB'His writing is powerful enough to sing with poetry while simultaneously scaring the hell out of you' Sunday Times bestselling author TESS GERRITSENwww.jonathanmaberry.com978 0 575 08792 7£7.99

Heated, violent and furious. - Peter Straub'King of Plagues is unrelentingly fast-paced, the combat scenes brutal and bone-crunchingly authentic. Ledger is brash and cocky but he has just enough insecurity to keep you rooting for him as he saves the world once again.' - The Financial Times