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10. Patient Zero, Jonathon Maberry
9. God's Country, Percival Everett
8. Heart of Stone, C. E. Murphy
7. The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America's First Superhero, William Kalush and Larry Sloman
6. The Good Fairies of New York, Martin Millar
5. Limeys: The True Story of One Man's War Against Ignorance, the Establishment and the Deadly Scurvy, David I. Harvie
4. The Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk Kidd
3. Tatham Mound, Piers Anthony
2. Alas, Babylon, Pat Frank
1. Neverwhere, Neil Gaiman
Patient Zero is a combination spy novel/zombie thriller. Joe Ledger is a Baltimore cop who gets picked up by the Department of Military Sciences, a group devoted to stopping extreme terrorism attempts. We don't hear much about the history of DMS, mostly because there isn't time. Joe becomes the leader of Team Echo, a 5-man team with superb fighting skills. What're they fighting? Zombies.
At the same time we're following Ledger and his team, we also follow a group in Afghanistan. Sebastian Gault is, to the outside world, a humanitarian, pouring money into finding cures for diseases. On the side, though, he's also funding development of the zombie prion. He has a mad scientist, Amirah, who develops many generations of the prion, and her husband, El Mujahid (I think that's his name), is planning an infiltration of America and a release of the disease.
I think Ledger's part of the story is far more interesting. His whole story takes place in about 48 hours, and in that time he learns about zombies, becomes leader of Team Echo, starts a romance, and kills lots of zombies. I read the book in just over 24 hours, despite it being 400+ pages long. If you like fast-paced, if you like zombie tales, if you like spy books...this one is great.
9. God's Country, Percival Everett
8. Heart of Stone, C. E. Murphy
7. The Secret Life of Houdini: The Making of America's First Superhero, William Kalush and Larry Sloman
6. The Good Fairies of New York, Martin Millar
5. Limeys: The True Story of One Man's War Against Ignorance, the Establishment and the Deadly Scurvy, David I. Harvie
4. The Secret Life of Bees, Sue Monk Kidd
3. Tatham Mound, Piers Anthony
2. Alas, Babylon, Pat Frank
1. Neverwhere, Neil Gaiman
Patient Zero is a combination spy novel/zombie thriller. Joe Ledger is a Baltimore cop who gets picked up by the Department of Military Sciences, a group devoted to stopping extreme terrorism attempts. We don't hear much about the history of DMS, mostly because there isn't time. Joe becomes the leader of Team Echo, a 5-man team with superb fighting skills. What're they fighting? Zombies.
At the same time we're following Ledger and his team, we also follow a group in Afghanistan. Sebastian Gault is, to the outside world, a humanitarian, pouring money into finding cures for diseases. On the side, though, he's also funding development of the zombie prion. He has a mad scientist, Amirah, who develops many generations of the prion, and her husband, El Mujahid (I think that's his name), is planning an infiltration of America and a release of the disease.
I think Ledger's part of the story is far more interesting. His whole story takes place in about 48 hours, and in that time he learns about zombies, becomes leader of Team Echo, starts a romance, and kills lots of zombies. I read the book in just over 24 hours, despite it being 400+ pages long. If you like fast-paced, if you like zombie tales, if you like spy books...this one is great.