The Earth is the focus of this season's popular apocalypse reality show in the Boreling Empire. The Borelings have caused an EMP event, an electromagnetic pulse, that has disabled all sophisticated microelectronics, including cars, aircraft, power and communication systems. In addition to the EMP, the Borelings engineered a bio-infester designed to transform a portion of the population into zombie-like bio-creatures.
- Erin escapes her zombie foster NotMom and Bubba Lecter, dispatches Mr. Chuckles and Mr. Creeps and meets up with Camo Joe. At the end of Book 1, they become trapped in Joe's garage as an unknown number of zombies attempt to break in.
- Mark and his father assist accident victims and try to hitch a ride, but Mark's father is killed by Richard, while Mark kills Richard's son during the attack. Richard vows revenge as Mark escapes in a truck with Jen and other occupants, then leaves the truck to walk home as it continues to the hospital.
- Richard manages to secure a working vehicle and intercepts Jen at the hospital, forcing her to reveal where Mark was dropped off and his plans to meet again at a town gazebo. When stopping the truck for gas, the group is attacked by zombies, and Richard's whereabouts are currently unknown.
- Jen, a woman who briefly met Mark at the accident scene at the start of Book 1, drops off Mark before taking the injured old man, beaten by Richards son, to the hospital. When Richard kidnaps her and stops at the gas station, she escapes the attacking creatures and runs into Mark nearby. They assess the situation and decide to try to retrieve the working vehicle. As Mark makes his way toward the truck, he hears rifle shots indicating Jen is under attack and rushes back to help as Book 1 ends.
- The Professor, a scientist with both biology and technology backgrounds, won the lottery and is holed up in one of his bunkers, built after studying the socio-economics of societal collapse, an interest that stemmed from his narrow escape from Egypt during the Arab Spring riots. As he examines the evidence, he begins to suspect that something or someone is manipulating events.
- Grodge the Merciful, a Senior Production Assistant for Plannel 6, works on content for the Boreling Empires most popular program, Scary Mayhem Planet Reality Apocalypse Show, but he is scheming to move up in ranking. As he goes about his job of getting the best footage out to the viewers while inserting Bubbly-Chew Drinks commercials and the occasional Megammercial, he attempts a bit of subterfuge by isolating a human who has managed to keep his bunkers and laboratories hidden from the Borelings, and fabricates evidence that points to Pactain the Virulent, his supervisor.
