Assassin's Code (Joe Ledger #4) [October 7, 2025]

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

This is a Buddy Read for Assassin's Code by Jonathan Maberrystarting on October 7, 2025.


Happy Reading!

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

I'll save this spot for a Nirkatze style post

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Started this just before bed today, but got into it for reals on the way to work tonight...

45% in already, zoom zoom zoom...

The skill of Maberry is that there can be 100 chapters/POV jumps, but you don't really feel lost in the story... I think Ray Porter's distinct.character voices help with that, telling you what faction you're with, before any characters are named...

[Nirkatze]

Timelord Iain wrote: "I'll save this spot for a Nirkatze style post"

Aww, thank you. And sorry! Working on updating now...

Oh wait, you were saying you'd do one. Not saving it for me. I get it! No worries though, I can copy paste the one I already have prepped...

Thank you!

Here goes... working off of the list on Maberry's website:
https://www.jonathanmaberry.com/joele...

Joe Ledger DMS main series [link]
1. Patient Zero (Jul 7)
0. Short: Countdown in Joe Ledger: Special Ops collection)
1.1 Short: Zero Tolerance (in Special Ops)
1.2 Short: Deep, Dark (in Special Ops)
1.3 Short: Material Witness
2. The Dragon Factory (Aug 7) [link]
2.1 Short: Dog Days (in print versions of Dragon Factory)
2.2 Short: Changeling (in Special Ops)

3. The King of Plagues (Sept 7) [link]

4. Assassin's Code (Oct 7)
4.1 Short: A Footnote in the Black Budget in The Madness of Cthulhu collection
4.2 Short: Mad Science (in Special Ops)
4.3 Short: Borrowed Power (in Special Ops)

====Requests made to here====

5. Extinction Machine (Nov? Dec?)
6. Code Zero
6.1 Novella: Three Guys Walk Into a Bar in Limbus, Inc.: Book II
6.2 Short: Artifact (in Special Ops)
6.3 Short: The Handyman Gets Out (in Special Ops)
7. Predator One
8. Kill Switch
9. Dogs of War
10. Deep Silence
10.1 Short: Atoll in Joe Ledger: Unstoppable collection
10.2 Novella: All the Devils are Here in Hellhole: An Anthology of Subterranean Terror

Joe Ledger: Rogue Team International
1. Rage
2. Relentless
3. Cave 13
4. Burn to Shine
5. Red Empire

Joe Ledger Collections
Joe Ledger: Special Ops (all shorts listed above)
Joe Ledger: Unstoppable (various authors playing in Maberry's sandbox)
Joe Ledger: Unbreakable (2nd Multi-author collection)
Joe Ledger: Secret Missions Volume One and Two (crossover collection)
Maberry's reading order puts Unstoppable here--but he also stopped updating after 2015

Dead of Night
Picks up a few years or so after the Rogue Team books. Some cameos by Ledger.
1. Dead of Night
1.1 Short: Jack and Jill in 21st Century Dead collection
1.2 Short: Chokepoint in Hungry Tales collection
1.5 Short The Wind Through the Fence in Wind Through the Fence: And Other Stories
2. Fall of Night
2.1 Short: Lone Gunman in Nights of the Living Dead: An Anthology
2.2 Short: Not This War, Not My World in Wastelands: The New Apocalypse collection
3. Dark of Night - Flesh and Fire
4. Still of Night

Rot & Ruin
Picks up a decade or so after Dead of Night series. Joe becomes a regular by #3. Younger protagonists.
0.5
1. Rot & Ruin
1.5 vingettes In the Land of the Dead Bonus on Maberry's Website: (https://www.jonathanmaberry.com/files...)
2. Dust & Decay
2.3 Novella: Dead & Gone in Tales of the Rot & Ruin: Rot & Ruin; Dust & Decay; Dead & Gone; Flesh & Bone or solo Kindle ebook
2.5 Graphic Novel: Rot & Ruin Warrior Smart #1-5
3. Flesh & Bone
3.5 Novella: Tooth & Nail Kindle ebook?
4. Fire & Ash
5. Bits & Pieces

Broken Lands
Direct continuation of Rot & Ruin--#1 of Broken Lands is #6 of Rot & Ruin
1. Broken Lands
2. Lost Roads

V-Wars
A series of Graphic Novels with Ledger cameos

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

you can go ahead and do it... I never did... post 4 is near the top :D

I can just delete my saver

[Nirkatze]

I read this a few weeks ago and really enjoyed it! (view spoiler)[Vampires! And such a fun twist. And also just great people to grr over, with them kidnapping women and force-breeding them... I love how the person to bring them down was one of their kidnapped women and a castoff daughter... Lilith and Violin...

I was totally not expecting the reaction when Mr. Church came face-to-face with Lilith... some old history there. Made me laugh.

Actually, there were a lot of moments that made me laugh... but of course I left it too long before commenting... it's been seriously, like two weeks. >.< Just the impressions remain. Epic battles... sunken churches underground... and lots of satisfying moments when the Vampires try to talk big and Joe just caps 'em in the face. The anti-vampire crusaders getting their asses handed to them, thinking Joe was a vampire, was also satisfying.

I also love how the dog (Ghost?) was in this book a lot more. Gotta love a Good Boy. (hide spoiler)]

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Vindication

[Nirkatze]

LOL

I also find it amusing that everyone else was like "yes, let's do one in October!" and I was like "well, I'm kinda swamped... but whatever y'all want..." and so far it's just you and me here. Is it just me or has it been an unusually quiet month?

[Timelord Iain, Tech Support]

Yes... alot of comments have dried up... Ann-Marie is in and out... Rachel pops in once a week or so... Narilka is pretty consistent in the Vagabond thread... I see Tammie 2-3 times per month outside of the Dragonlance thread lately... Paula and Saar pop into BR threads late...

And I struggle to think of anyone that's been around much, other than some new people like Mitali and Sarah/etc that are signed up for alot less BRs...

[Nirkatze]

Yeah--that was me last year, disappearing for a month... trying not to do that... but I still have some BRs I did a month ago to comment on...