“Wrong Side of Heaven” by Five Finger Death Punch

“You Ain’t Coming Back” by Zeal & Ardor

“You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet” by Bachman Turner Overdrive

“You Better Run” by Motörhead

“You Give Love a Bad Name” by Bon Jovi

“You Oughta Know” by Alanis Morissette

“Your Time Is Gonna Come” by Led Zeppelin

“Zero” by OTEP

Acknowledgments

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The Joe Ledger novels could not be undertaken without the help of a lot of talented and generous people. In no particular order, then …

Many thanks to John Cmar, director of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, and Dr. Ronald Coleman, CEO of Regentech Incorporated.

Thanks to my friends in the International Thriller Writers, International Association of Media Tie-In Writers, the Mystery Writers of America, and the Horror Writers Association. Thanks to my literary agent, Sara Crowe of Pippin Properties; my stalwart editor at St. Martin’s Griffin, Michael Homler; Robert Allen and the crew at Macmillan Audio; and my film agent, Dana Spector of Creative Artists Agency. Thanks to Big FUN Shirt Company in Eureka, California (where Joe Ledger and I both shop!).

Thanks to contest winners Michael Stafford, Mia Kleeve, Peggy Ann Gondek, and Jill Hamilton-Krawczyk.

Special thanks to my friend and colleague Joe R. Lansdale, for his gracious permission to allow Hap Collins and Leonard Pine to have some fun with Joe Ledger.

And special thanks to my brilliant audiobook reader, Ray Porter.

Also by Jonathan Maberry

ALSO BY JONATHAN MABERRY

Ink

Rage

Deep Silence

Dogs of War

Kill Switch

Predator One

Code Zero

Extinction Machine

Assassin’s Code

The King of Plagues

The Dragon Factory

Patient Zero

Joe Ledger: Special Ops

Still of Night

Dark of Night

Fall of Night

Dead of Night

The Wolfman

The Nightsiders: The Orphan Army

The Nightsiders: Vault of Shadows

Ghostwalkers: A Deadlands Novel

Lost Roads

Broken Lands

Bits & Pieces

Fire & Ash

Flesh & Bone

Dust & Decay

Rot & Ruin

Bad Moon Rising

Dead Man’s Song

Ghost Road Blues

Bewilderness

Glimpse

Mars One

ANTHOLOGIES (AS EDITOR)

Don’t Turn Out the Lights: A Tribute to Alan Schwartz’s Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

Joe Ledger: Unstoppable (with Bryan Thomas Schmidt)

Nights of the Living Dead (with George A. Romero)

V-Wars

V-Wars: Blood and Fire

V-Wars: Night Terrors

V-Wars: Shockwaves

Out of Tune Vol. I

Out of Tune Vol. II

The X-Files: Trust No One

The X-Files: The Truth Is Out There

The X-Files: Secret Agendas

Hardboiled Horror

Aliens: Big Hunt

Baker Street Irregulars (with Michael Ventrella)

The Game’s Afoot: Baker Street Irregulars II (with Michael A. Ventrella)

Scary Out There

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