Assassin's Code (Joe Ledger, #4)

by Jonathan Maberry

"When Joe Ledger and Echo Team rescue a group of American college kids held hostage in Iran,the Iranian government then asks them to help find six nuclear bombs planted in the Mideast oil fields. These stolen WMDs will lead Joe and Echo Team into hidden vaults of forbidden knowledge, mass-murder, betrayal, and a brotherhood of genetically-engineered killers with a thirst for blood. Accompanied by the beautiful assassin called Violin, Joe follows a series of clues to find the Book of Shadows, which contains a horrifying truth that threatens to shatter his entire worldview. They say the truth will set you free... Not this time. The secrets of the Assassin's Code will set the world ablaze"--

• ISBN10: 0312552203
• ISBN13: 9780312552206
• Publish Date: 10 April 2012
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: St Martin's Press
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 432
• Language: English

Reviews

[leahrosereads]

This was a reread on my part. And still as awesome as I remember it.

Joe Ledger, Echo Team and the DMS are back and fighting more monsters. Zombies? Nah, they've been there, done that. This time it's freaking vampires. Vampires with nukes. Oh yes, it's one of those stories.

Our Big Bads in Assassin's Code are: my favorite creeper: Father Nicodemus. My god, I love this guy. He's just eerie and demonic and still completely a mystery. Next up, is Hugo Vox. Met him in Book 3 and because of the cancer, I was hoping he'd die a slow and agonizing death. That didn't happen, unfortunately. The leader of the vampires, Grigor, rounds up the last of the Big Bads in this book. He may not have been immortal, in the sense that vampire mythology shows, but he was old, ruthless, and truly evil.

Outside of the main plot, there was also the sad story of Lilith, Violin, and the Mothers of the Fallen. I'm happy they get their revenge/vengeance in the end.

Overall, while this wasn't my favorite book of the series, it's definitely up there. I loved that Father Nicodemus was back, and I was happy to see Mr. Church have more of a central role in this book. It felt like we got to see a little bit more of a human side of Mr. Church, and I loved it.