The King of Plagues

The Joe Ledger Novels, Book 3

By: Jonathan Maberry

Narrated by: Ray Porter

Length: 16 hrs and 7 mins

Publisher's summary

Saturday, 0911 hours — A blast rocks a London hospital and thousands are dead or injured.

1009 hours — Joe Ledger arrives on scene to investigate. The horror is unlike anything he has ever seen.

Compelled by grief and rage, Ledger rejoins the Department of Military Sciences, and within hours he's attacked by a hit team of assassins and sent on a suicide mission into a viral hot zone during an Ebola outbreak.

Soon Ledger and the DMS begin tearing down the veils of deception to uncover a vast and powerful secret society using weaponized versions of the Ten Plagues of Egypt to destabilize world economies and profit from the resulting chaos. Millions will die unless Ledger meets this powerful new enemy on its own terms as he fights terror with terror.

Take another thrill ride with Joe Ledger.

©2011 Jonathan Maberry (P)2011 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Critic reviews

“A fast-paced, brilliantly written novel.” (Brad Thor)

WOW

I would stay in my car just to listen. I love this story! Action, real human emotions, and brutal truths.

A Solid Joe Leger Addition

I have listened to the other Joe Ledger novels, and this is a solid addition to the series. Ray Porter once again kills it as the reader and really brings the story and characters to life. With that said, I think this was my least favorite Joe Ledger novel. I just didnt really like the bad guys. Joe and his compatriots were excellent, but the evil masterminds were a little hard to get behind on this one. It's a good book and I enjoyed, but showed its colors a little as a "bridge" addition for the author to add dimension to the characters moving forward. Still worth a listen for sure.

More Ledger!

I am listening to this series for about the tenth time, and I love it more each time.

Winner

Another great tale about Joe ledger and as always I'm enthralled by the narrator. Excellent all around

Another great thriller

After having finished the third book in the Joe Ledger series, I'm shocked at how many people "couldn't finish it" due to their own politics. I'm assuming these are the same people who did not want to be "lectured about eugenics"...wowza.

I enjoyed the latest save the world venture of the DMS and am amazed at how quickly a ninety minute commute feels like nothing thanks to the combined storytelling powers of Jonathan Maberry and Ray Porter. I vowed to never buy outside my credit allowance, however I am thrilled this was my first "cash" purchase. Worth every penny.

Well written and always captivating

This feature from Jonathan Maberry was a bit less satisfying than the first two but still a good read. The whole 7 Kings organization was a bit harder to believe than previous evil organizations from the author. The internal struggles from members of the organization felt rushed but I could see it being boring if he had taken the time to fully lay it out so I guess rushed was better. I'm not sure if it was just me but this story was less satisfying and didn't have enough resolution for the time invested in it.

amazing

OMG this book is amazing! The narrator Ray Porter is AMAZING! Loved it! You wont be disappointed!

Excellent

Excellent book with lots of character driven story. Dive deeper into the series with this one and really get to know the characters, their struggles, and the every evolving plot,!

Another solid ledger outing!

I thoroughly enjoyed this story which despite some cliches managed to avoid the pitfall of the last book in this series. I felt that Roy Porter continued to do a great job portraying ledger's voice as well as his attitude. Porter also did well presenting the few accents that were required from some of the supporting characters as the story went on.
The premise of the story saw the return of an old character and and intertwined well with the previous two stories. I was concerned about the introduction of a new female character and was pleased that this element of the story took some interesting twists of it own and did not end up in the bedroom of the hero.
I felt that the religious theme of this book also added an extra dimension to the typical action thriller premise and gave this book additional intrigue that, when combined with the secret society idea may not be the most original but was developed well so as to leave plenty of room for expansion in later books.
Overall this was a solid action thriller that kept me wanting more and gave further insight into the world of the DMS.

awsome book!

can't wait for someone to make this series I to a movie.
listened to these series probably 3 times.