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 They just keep up the action and a great story

Where does The King of Plagues rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Just as much action as any of them with a great cast of characters As Good as Reacher

What was one of the most memorable moments of The King of Plagues?

When we found out about Mr Church's past Plus when Toys made a new ally

Have you listened to any of Ray Porter’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

On The same level we enjoyed it a group of truckers who like to be entertained while on the road Keep up the good work

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Yes very emotional at the lab with the wife and son infected

Any additional comments?

Both writer and reader are at the top of their game Look forward to reading more of these

Not without flaws

Any additional comments?

Overall enjoyable, but not without flaws.

1. Joe Ledger continues on the path of being the ultimate Mary Sue. A former normal police officer who had an unremarkable military career... who can be plugged immediately into the top special forces team in the world, has an analytical mind second only to Church, is one of the best martial artists in the world, and speaks multiple languages fluidly? Erm, okay. Don't forget that his dog is trained as a bomb dog. And a corpse dog. And an attack dog. It's ridiculous. Putting that aside...

2. The politics are indeed a little over the top in this one.

3. Fun fact: this book has a character that we only hear called by a nickname, and his true identity is supposed to be a big shocking reveal. Unfortunately, in the first prints of the book, they gave away his real identity on accident. In the audiobook, that is corrected... but the narrator uses the same voice. So it still gives it away. It's like a mystery that refuses to stay buried.

Exceptional story

So much depth in the characters. Narrator is the best transitioning to each character voice!

Great story!

Great books can't wait to hear more!! Joe is a cop we need today right.

Great book and superb performance by Ray Porter

Any additional comments?

The story was good but Ray Porter made it great. He has several characters and his inflexions are on the mark.

Times are Tough for Joe

I love this series. It is thrilling and action packed. It tides me over until the next Jim Butcher Dresden installment.

Joe is at it again

What made the experience of listening to The King of Plagues the most enjoyable?

Bringing the vilians of the last book back in play

What was one of the most memorable moments of The King of Plagues?

Church's daughter

Have you listened to any of Ray Porter’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

As great as the others

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes

Any additional comments?

None

Great adventure

If you could sum up The King of Plagues in three words, what would they be?

If you like adventure, thriller and mysteries this is the book for you. All of Jonathan Maberrys, Joe Ledger books are great. I hope he continues with this series.

What did you like best about this story?

Fast moving, funny and a good story line.

good

as always, a very good story to listen to and very well read as well.

Science Fiction at it's best!

Enough science to make it believeable and enough fiction to make it very interesting. Well written and read! Hooray Captain Ledger!