If they have to call in Joe Ledger and Echo Team then it’s already hit the fan!
The Official Joe Ledger Companion takes you inside the mysterious and dangerous world of the DMS: Department of Military Sciences. In here you’ll find the following declassified data:
Mission files for each of Joe Ledger’s cases; Biographies of the members of the DMS -get to know more about Mr. Church, Top and Bunny, Bug, Dr. Hu and all the others; Background profiles on the madmen and terrorists Joe has fought –The Seven Kings, The Red Knights, the Jakobys, Majestic Three and more; Meet the allies of Joe Ledger and the DMS –Violin, Arklight, Toys, Lilith and others. Specs and information on weapons and technology; Comments from some of Mr. Church’s ‘Friends in the Industry;’ Staff interviews with the members of DMS –crawl inside the heads and hearts of Mr. Church, Joe Ledger and the rest of the team; Get a complete list in reading order of the Joe Ledger novels, short stories, and even comic book appearances; Journey into the expanded Joe Ledger universe by exploring tie-ins to the Pine Deep Trilogy, the Rot & Ruin series, the Dead of Night series, the case files of Sam Hunter and more! The Joe Ledger Companion is the mission intel you need to roll out with the heroes of Echo Team.
Dana Fredsti is ex B-movie actress with a background in theatrical sword-fighting. Through seven plus years of volunteering at EFBC/FCC (Exotic Feline Breeding Facility/Feline Conservation Center), Dana's had a full-grown leopard sit on her feet, kissed by tigers, held baby jaguars and had her thumb sucked by an ocelot with nursing issues. She's addicted to bad movies and any book or film, good or bad, which include zombies. Her other hobbies include surfing (badly), collecting beach glass (obsessively), and wine tasting (happily).
Along with her best friend Maureen, Dana was co-producer/writer/director for a mystery-oriented theatrical troupe based in San Diego. While no actual murders occurred during their performances, there were times when the actors and clients made the idea very tempting. Somewhere in the mists of time she lost a grip on what happened in real life and what she made up for her book.
She's written numerous published articles, essays and shorts, including stories in Cat Fantastic IV, an anthology series edited by Andre Norton (Daw, 1997), Danger City (Contemporary Press, 2005), and Mondo Zombie (Cemetery Dance, 2006). Her essays can be seen in Morbid Curiosity, Issues 2-7. Additionally she's written several produced low-budget screenplays and currently has another script under option. Dana was also co-writer/associate producer on Urban Rescuers, a documentary on feral cats and TNR (Trap/Neuter/Return), which won Best Documentary at the 2003 Valley Film Festival in Los Angeles.
Dana is currently working on the second book in the Murder for Hire series, The Big Snooze and writing erotic romance under the pen name Inara LaVey for Ravenous Romance.
Awesome book. Really helpful in keeping the stories straight and all the connections in other stories out there. Big fan of Jonathan's and his work. I highly recommend.
An absolute must have for Joe Ledgar fans. Love the insight to the series, list of all the short stories. Even how this series ties in to others and vice versa. Reading has made me want to revisit the Fall of Night series and maybe even start the Rot and ruin series.
Just like it says, the Official Companion to the Joe Ledger series authorized and contributed to by Jonathon Maberry. Brief biographies of all the major characters, good and evil. Descriptions of the different organizations involved, and sidebars discussing various equipment, mostly guns and aircraft. Synopsiseseses of the Joe Ledger novels and short stories up to Dogs of War. Mentions of all the Joe Ledger tie-ins with other Maberry works, like the Pine Deep Trilogy.
Nothing really new, but an indepth look at the series. Worth it for fans of Joe Ledger.