Joe Ledger is the name of an ongoing series of bio-terrorism thriller books written by Jonathan Maberry, beginning with the 2009 Patient Zero.
[citation needed] In August of 2024, it was announced that a television series adaptation of the novels was to be developed and produced by Chad Stahelski and his production studio.
The series follows the titular Captain Joe Ledger, a former Army Ranger and Baltimore police detective.
The DMS is a shadow agency formed for the purpose of pursuing technologically advanced threats to the US and the world at large by terrorists.
Threats encountered throughout the series range from designer pathogens that create zombies to transgenics used for ethnic cleansing.