Joe Ledger

Captain Joesph Edwin Ledger is the primary protagonist of the series.

Early Life
Joe had a girlfriend in middle school named Helen but one time near where they lived they were attacked by older teenagers. Joe was nearly beaten to death and his girlfirend raped. After that they both end up in therapy, where Joe meets his best friend Dr. Rudy Sanchez. However Helen still being mentally damaged she commited suicide. Joe finds out about that when his sister Coleen mentions Helen has not answered her phone in several days and finds out she is dead.

Later on Joe learns Jujitsu and joins the U.S Army Rangers. After being discharged honorably he becomes part of the Baltimore Police Department then later on a detective.

Joining the Department of Military Sciences and Seif Al Din
During the month of June the Baltimore Police Department along with various other groups led an hit on a Werehouse which housed some terrorist members. Joe led the hit and were attacked by the terrorist group; one bitten Jerry Spencer but didn't break the skin which in turn saved his life because the terrorist Javad Mustapha was infected with a highly infectious pathogen named Seif Al Din (Sword of the Faithful in English). This disease creates zombies.

One week later at a beach in Baltimore two people met Joe at the beach and picked him up there and took him to the same wearhouse to find out it was coverted into a counter-terrorism office. In one of the offices Joe is met by Mr. Church and Major Grace Courtland. Mr. Church then tells Joe about the newly formed Department of Military Sciences and the zombie contagion; he also tells him about that they might offer him a job.

Later on Joe meets up with his friend Rudy and they go to a state park where Joe tells Rudy about the zombies, DMS and Mr. Church.

Soon after Joe watches a news report about a fire at St. Michael's Hospital (revealed to be a zombie outbreak) and the hospital was destroyed. The next day Rudy goes missing and Joe is given an address, he goes to the sea side wearhouse to find Rudy tied up and a gun held to his head. After a stand off Joe agrees to join the DMS. After Rudy is freed he also joins the DMS. Then Joe is introduced to a group of people with military backround