Horror comes to Mega-City One in the first of two books, featuring a dark and twisted new saga in the life of Judge Dredd!

DARKNESS DESCENDS ON 'THE BIG MEG!'

Mega-City One, 2147 AD. Home to over 250 million citizens, this urban hell is situated along the east coast of post-apocalyptic North America, with the toxic Black Atlantic on one side and the irradiated wasteland the Cursed Earth to the west. Crime is rampant and only the Judges — empowered to dispense instant justice — can stop total anarchy. Toughest of them all is JUDGE DREDD — he is the Law!

The city Fathers, spectral entities from the old world, plan on returning, staking their claim to the land and placing Mega-City One in grave danger. But Judge Dredd has been told that he won't be there to help save it. He is destined to end up at The Oubliette; a prison that has a reputation for being the worst place in the universe...