Red Empire: A Joe Ledger and Rogue Team International Novel

In the next novel in the Joe Ledger and Rogue Team International series by New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Maberry, the team faces new and old enemies alike as a bioengineered version of The Black Death surfaces.

Hundreds of years after the first waves of the bubonic plague swept through Europe, a new, more dangerous version threatens London. Joe Ledger's old enemy the Red Empire--reborn as a far more powerful political and military group--has bioengineered a weaponized version of yersinia pestis--the bacteria responsible for The Black Death that killed tens of millions in the Middle Ages.

As Joe Ledger and Rogue Team International race against the clock to put a stop to the Red Empire's plans, they're sucked into the strange and mysterious past of the man called Mr. Church. Secrets come to light that make even his staunchest allies wonder who -and more precisely what--Church really is.

With whispers of an elixir vitae--or elixir of life--circling, Joe Ledger and Rogue Team International are facing the highest possible stakes in their work together yet. As the tension builds and the balance between life and death sways precariously, it seems like tragic losses among them might be inevitable.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: 03/10/2026
ISBN: 9781250892683
Pages: 528
Weight: 1.00lbs
Size: 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.00d

Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 01/12/2026
Library Journal 01/01/2026 pg. 37