I read this before the first book, Patient Zero. When reading the back summary, I got intrigued by the way it implied that there were several scores of terrorists for Joe Ledger to stop.

Then it turns out that all the terrorists were one big dysfunctional family, and I started losing interest.

Joe Ledger remains amazingly competent - he can take out zombies, monsters, and anything you throw at him, apparently - and there's even an awkwardly budding romance between him and Grace Courtland, another soldier and fellow killer. Emphasis on awkward.

I disliked the main characters and the major villains by the time I was halfway through. My favorites were actually Church, Hu, and Eighty-Two. As far as I'm concerned, Joe Ledger might be more interesting dead.

The part I liked the most was how Jonathan Maberry kept spinning out the information, feeding tidbits at a time. The revelations about what the bad guys had done really came as surprises to me, and the Chamber of Myths was especially well portrayed.

Just make Joe Ledger a bit more human, and I'll be happy. Or better yet, get rid of him entirely.