Judge Dredd: The Killing Zone

2000 AD Audio #4

by Dave Stone

Bodies have been found throughout the city, each bearing the signs of being a victim of the Killing Zone - the illegal snuff-sport which has taken Mega-city One by storm. Half a billion people are watching this holo-vid slaughter - and with the Judges unable to stop these deadly games, the Justice Department's reputation is at an all-time low. The man behind it is turning the Law itself into a laughing-stock - and the Law must be seen to be served.

Now Judge Dredd is forced to resort to unorthodox methods and allies: a low-life Wally Squad operative with an attitude, and an erratic Psi Judge with an attitude even worse. Can he rely on them? Just how far can he trust them as they take him down into the dark?

Genres: Science Fiction, Audiobook

1 pages, Audio CD

First published July 1, 2002

About the author

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 comic series to 2000AD and the Judge Dredd Megazine, focusing on the Dreddverse (Judge Dredd universe). In collaboration with David Bishop and artist Shaky Kane he produced the much disliked Soul Sisters, which he has described as "a joke-trip, which through various degrees of miscommunication ended up as a joke-strip without any jokes." Working independently, he created the better received Armitage, a Dreddworld take on Inspector Morse set in a future London, and also contributed to the ongoing Judge Hershey series.

Stone’s most lasting contribution to the world of Judge Dredd might well have been his vision of Brit-Cit, which until Stone’s various novels had been a remarkably underexplored area.

Reviews

[Timo · Rating 2 out of 5]

Story was boring but as always, Big Finish has done so magnificent job in turning this to audio play, it was a real pleasure to listen to. BF really could bring Big Meg and its characters alive.
But the story really could not live up to it.

[Paulo "paper books only" · Rating 2 out of 5]

Easily the worst audiodrama they produced. Didn't hook me up. I think David Bishop is Big Finish and Judge Dredd's man.