''Cursed Earth Asylum'' is an original novel written by David Bishop and based on the long-running British

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Judge Dredd Judge Joseph Dredd is a fictional character created by writer John Wagner and artist Carlos Ezquerra. He first appeared in the second issue of ''2000 AD (comics), 2000 AD'' (1977), which is a British weekly anthology Comic book, comic. He is the ...

''. It is Bishop's second ''Judge Dredd'' novel. At the time of publication (1993), Bishop was editor of the ''

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''.

Synopsis

A dangerous psychic called Soon is being held prisoner in a lunatic asylum in the Cursed Earth on account of his staggeringly vast powers. When Soon escapes and threatens

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, Judge Dredd, and a party of cadets are sent to stop him, only for Dredd to be framed for murdering the cadets.

Continuity

The book features the return of another psychic called Hope, who first appeared in 1991 in the

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story ''Engram'' (in '' 2000 AD'' # 712–717 and 758–763).

External links

Cursed Earth Asylum
at the '' 2000 AD'' website (note: the "reprint material" section erroneously refers to another story). Novels by David Bishop Judge Dredd novels {{1990s-sf-novel-stub