This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.
PATIENT ZERO. Copyright © 2009 by Jonathan Maberry. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Maberry, Jonathan.
Patient zero : a Joe Ledger novel / Jonathan Maberry—1st ed.
p. cm.
ISBN-13: 978-0-312-38285-8
ISBN-10: 0-312-38285-5
1. Detectives—Maryland—Baltimore—Fiction. 2. Terrorism—Prevention—Fiction. 3. Bioterrorism—Fiction. 4. Zombies—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3613.A19P38 2009
813’.6—dc22
2008038234
First Edition: March 2009
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