Burn to Shine

A Joe Ledger and Rogue Team International Novel, Book 4

De: Jonathan Maberry

Narrado por: Ray Porter

"Porter is a perfect narrator for these action-packed thrillers."—AudioFile on Joe Ledger: The Missing Files, an Earphones Award winner

"Listeners will find themselves entranced by Porter’s terrific narration."—AudioFile on The Dragon Factory, an Earphones Award winner

"Porter pulls listeners into this heroic tale with his rich tone and measured pace."—AudioFile on Kagen the Damned

Rogue Team International joins Joe Ledger in a new, tension-filled mission to stop a wave of bioterrorism from devastating the country in the fourth installment of bestselling author Jonathan Maberry's ongoing series.

A covert group is infiltrating the world’s most secure bio-weapons research sites. All across the country, people are acting as human ‘disease bombs’ by infecting themselves and walking into public places. And heavily armed groups of illegal private soldiers are massing for some unknown strike.

Joe Ledger and the members of Rogue Team International, still reeling from the devastation and heartbreaking losses of their last mission, are forced into relentless action to try and save the country, if not the entire world.

Old enemies are rising and joining forces to hit Joe and his team with one devastating blow after another. What is the end game for all of this madness and terror? Outnumbered, outmaneuvered, and outgunned, Joe Ledger has to find a way back from the fires of grief in order to make a stand between these enemies and millions of potential innocent lives. But Joe has allies, too. His team, the vicious fighters of Arklight, and friends who may or may not be entirely human.

A war of darkness and light is coming. Who will stand? Who will fall? And how will anyone ever survive?

A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin’s Press.

©2025 Jonathan Maberry (P)2025 Macmillan Audio

Joe Ledger

I love this series He got me to enjoy reading books he writes really good and great character writing i love All mysteries

Incredible as usual

I've read all books in the Joe Ledger series and this one did not disappoint. Brutal, fast-paced, and exciting as usual. The mix of fiction and real current world events made the story even scarier this time.

Wow

This may well be your best Joe Ledger!!! Not sure how to feel about the ending, but it was perfect.

BRUH

As a lover of all the Joe ledger books and their epilogues especially, this is the most insane epilogue yet.

WOW!

Great blend of Pine Deep and Joe Ledger! One of the best of the series so far. Loved it.

Ray Porter truly makes this series great!

This was the 4th book in the spin off of the Joe Ledger and Rogue Team International Novel (otherwise known as RTI). This book follows on the steps of the last book and has the team still recovering from the chaos of their last mission. It just figures that the group is not going to get a break when they become aware of new players taking up the bad guys power vacuum left when they foiled the Cave 13th case.

As those of us that have been along for the entire ride, we know there is a pretty big supernatural element that follows the RTI team. Mr. Church, as we have learned over MANY books is "different"
What does that mean? Who knows, let's just say that he is VERY old, he has been around much longer than humanly possible and at times he can exhibit "strange" powers. If Church is on the "good side" of this equation, then of course, there is a bad guy. That person has many names but in this book is going by Mr. October. Many of us know him as "Nicodemus" and he too has been around much longer than any normal human life time. These men both have agendas that have not been completely spelled out for us - but they have been battling for a very long time.

Without going into spoilers, a main character (not one of the good variety) that we previously thought was dead - heck, change that....she WAS dead (well, kind of)...well, guess what? Yep, you guessed it....definitely not dead...completely. Mr. October has brought her back to be part of his latest plan - a plan that has been in the works for many years. Why does he need this person? Because this person is brilliant, so brilliant that they may be the only one who can deal with the programming and reprogramming of the weapons he is putting in play. There are actually many more reasons, but....no spoilers.

As usual, as we have come to expect in Mr. Mayberry's books, things take off from the very beginning and do not stop until the end. Was this my favorite book in this series? No. But it was still good. I just seemed to have a problem with this newly rejuvenated character. They are obviously completely crazy and I had a hard time trying to not be pulled out of the story with some of their behaviors. But, that could be just me.

Either way, it was a crazy adventure that builds and builds into a tense climax. Again, all things we expect from this series.

A rehash of old stories and characters

I enjoy Mayberry’s books but this one was a rehash of a rehash of old stories and characters. Nothing really new. I enjoyed listening and Ray Porter’s performance was excellent as always but this was a distinct downgrade in story quality. I think the author has run out of ideas.

Another good one, But I want a great one

Ready for an origin story on October and Church. They keep dragging this on and I'm ready to find out what or who they are

Fantastic story and unmatched narration!

“Burn To Shine” may just be the best novel in the Joe Ledger series, and that’s saying a lot. Ray Porter is pretty much the finest reader of audiobooks I’ve ever listened to. A true gift to the audio world!

Excellent!!! On the edge of my seat!

I loved this. He brought in some of my most favorite books from the series. My favorite characters and favorite villains! I have enjoyed all the books don’t get me wrong but my favorites are 1 Patient Zero. 2 Code Zero and now Burn to Shine. I absolutely love Ray Porter. I love how he brings every character to life. Ugh! Now how long do I have to wait for the next one to come out. Lol. ❤️