''Psykogeddon'' (2006) is an original novel written by

Dave Stone Dave Stone (born 12 June 1964) is a British science fiction writer. Biography Stone has written many spin off novels based on the BBC science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'' and '' Judge Dredd''. Stone also contributed a number of c ...

and based on the long-running British

science fiction Science fiction (sometimes shortened to Sci-Fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which typically deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, time travel, parallel uni ...

comic strip ''

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'' (1977), which is a British weekly anthology comic. He is the magazine's longest-running ...

''. It is Stone's fourth ''Judge Dredd'' novel, and the third to also feature his character Judge Steel from the spin-off comic series ''

Armitage Armitage is a village in Staffordshire, England on the south side of the Trent and Mersey Canal south just outside of the market town of Rugeley and north of the city of Lichfield, and noteworthy for the Armitage Shanks sanitary porcelain factor ...

'' in the ''

Judge Dredd Megazine ''Judge Dredd: The Megazine'' is a monthly British comic magazine, launched in September 1990. It is a sister publication to '' 2000 AD''. Its name is a play on words, formed from "magazine" and Judge Dredd's locale Mega-City One. Content Li ...

''.

Synopsis

Arch-criminal Efil Drago San has been arrested in

Mega-City One Mega-City One is a fictional city that features in the ''Judge Dredd'' comic book series and related media. A post-nuclear megalopolis covering much of what is now the Eastern United States and some of Canada, the city's exact geography depends ...

and demands a trial – unprecedented in a city where justice is delivered instantly by the Judges. Nevertheless, his request is granted. But things do not go according to plan.

External links

''Psykogeddon'' at goodreads.com
Novels by Dave Stone Judge Dredd novels {{UK-comics-stub