Extinction Machine
A Joe Ledger Novel
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4.5 • 156 Ratings
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- $12.99
Publisher Description
In Extinction Machine, the fifth Joe Ledger book by Jonathan Maberry, the DMS must go up against someone—or something—in search of new technology that could bring about world war
The President of the United States vanishes from the White House.
A top-secret prototype stealth fighter is destroyed during a test flight. Witnesses on the ground say that it was shot down by a craft that immediately vanished at impossible speeds.
All over the world reports of UFOs are increasing at an alarming rate.
And in a remote fossil dig in China dinosaur hunters have found something that is definitely not of this earth. There are rumors of alien-human hybrids living among us.
Joe Ledger and the Department of Military Sciences rush headlong into the heat of the world's strangest and deadliest arms race, because the global race to recover and retro-engineer alien technologies has just hit a snag. Someone—or something--wants that technology back.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Fifth in the Joe Ledger series (after Assassin's Code), this fast-paced and somewhat tongue-in-cheek thriller sees the cop turned government agent facing off against conspiracy theorists, men in black, and futuristic weapons, with the fate of the world at stake. Joe is recalled from a well-deserved day off after a series of nigh-impossible cyber attacks culminate with the disappearance of the president. To save him, Joe and the Department of Military Sciences must track down the semimythical Majestic Black Book and put a stop to the secret economy of retro-engineering salvaged alien technology. Maberry digs deep into the body of lore concerning UFO conspiracy theories, fusing it with the anything-goes sensibilities of a series that's previously pitted Joe against vampires and zombies. While there's a kitchen-sink feel to the story's various components, it somehow holds together in the end.
Customer Reviews
Jebus....
Another killer joe ledger novel...I can't put them down
This book was painful
I've loved this series and have actually moved on to the next one, which has started off brilliantly. But this one was so boring, I deleted it about 1/2 way thru.
Extinction Machine
Jumbled. Weak male characters.