Characters in The King of Plagues

Joe Ledger

A former Army Ranger and Baltimore detective working for the Department of Military Sciences, pulled back into the field after the London hospital bombing.

Also in Countdown, Patient Zero, Zero Tolerance, Material Witness, Deep, Dark, The Dragon Factory, Dog Days, Assassin's Code, Borrowed Power, Extinction Machine

Sebastian Gault

A molecular biologist and bioterrorist who joins the Seven Kings, the secret society whose plot drives the novel.

Also in Patient Zero

Nicodemus

Also in Assassin's Code

Mr. Church

The enigmatic head of the Department of Military Sciences, who goes by many aliases and directs Ledger's team.

Also in Patient Zero, Material Witness, The Dragon Factory, Dog Days, Assassin's Code, Extinction Machine, Code Zero, Joe Ledger: The Missing Files

Rudy Sanchez

Ledger's psychiatrist and best friend, a steadying presence for him inside the DMS.

Also in Patient Zero, The Dragon Factory, Dog Days, Assassin's Code, Extinction Machine, Code Zero, Joe Ledger: The Missing Files

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Bradley Sims, a senior member of the DMS's Echo Team who fights alongside Ledger.

Also in Patient Zero, Material Witness, Deep, Dark, The Dragon Factory, Assassin's Code, Extinction Machine, Code Zero, Joe Ledger: The Missing Files

Bunny

Harvey Rabbit, an Echo Team operator of the DMS who fights alongside Ledger.

Also in Patient Zero, Zero Tolerance, Material Witness, Deep, Dark, The Dragon Factory, Assassin's Code, Extinction Machine, Code Zero, Joe Ledger: The Missing Files