Garth Ennis returns to the horrifyingly brutal world he created with a storythat fans have waited over five years for! The Crossed outbreak created amiserable, grueling world of monsters that dash out all hope of survival andensures a terrifying end to everything in their path. For the first time, masterstoryteller Garth Ennis takes you back to the early days of outbreak anddelivers the unexpected -- a Patient Zero tale. With the outbreak spreadinglike wildfire across the globe, a group of soldiers attempt to piece togetherhow the disease spread so quickly and to reverse the horror they see takingplace in the streets. And as they struggle to catch up with events, a planecarries the extinction of the human race toward its target to trigger thenuclear destruction of the world. In a world where there is no help and there isno hope...there is only the Crossed. Collects issues #50-56 of the ongoing Crossed: Badlands comic bookseries.