by David Bishop
Lawmaster: The Judge's computer controlled motorbike - extremely powerful, intelligent and heavily armed.
Luna-City: Counterpart of Mega-City One located on the Moon, aka Luna-1.
Med-Judge: A medic specialist usually in support of a meat wagon; very much like an ambulance. Med-Judges work within a Med-Squad, for Med-Division.
Offworlder: Alien.
Pedway: A pedestrian-only pathway, often motorised.
Perp: A criminal.
Pre-Cog: A special type of Psi-Judge with precognitive powers, able to predict the future to a limited degree.
Psi-Judge: A Judge with psychic abilities, a psyker, from the Justice Department's Psi-Division.
Psycho Cubes: A prison cell for psychological disturbed and highly dangerous citizens. Also known as the Kook Cube.
R'qeen: An alien race that once fought a war with humans. R'qeen are carrion eaters who prefer to eat rotting flesh and a number live within Mega-City One. Some R'qeen are blessed with metema, the ability to read the minds of humans.
Shoppera: A block constructed into a huge shopping centre, aka dhoplex.
SJS: The Special Judicial Squad act as the Judge's police; they seek out corruption and crime within the Law with extreme prejudice.
Skedway: A minor roadway; smaller than a megway but larger than an overzoom.
Sleep Machine: A cubicle for Street Judges who can rest for ten minutes and gain a whole night's sleep.
Smokatorium: A huge, block-sized building dedicated to legal tobacco smoking. To smoke tobacco outside the building is deemed illegal and can warrant a six-month iso-cube sentence.
Street Judge: A Judge on the beat who tackles crime and issues sentences.
Tek-Judge: A technical and engineering specialist whose skills range from advanced forensic analysis to the repairing of vehicles, weapons, etc.
Titan: A small moon orbiting Saturn, used as a dedicated maximum-security prison for Mega-City One's most dangerous criminals, where they spend their days breaking rocks.
Tri-D: Also known as holovision; there are over 312 channels in Mega-City One.
Weather Control: A Justice Department dedicated to artificially maintaining the weather over Mega-City One as well as being able to rain upon an illegal demonstration, etc. If the Weather Control should fail, the temperature within parts of Mega-City One becomes incredibly humid that can entice rioting.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
David Bishop was born and raised in New Zealand, becoming a daily newspaper journalist at eighteen years old. He emigrated to Britain in 1990 and became sub-editor of the Judge Dredd Megazine. He was editor from 1992-1995, a period when the title was voted Britain's best comic every year. He edited 2000 AD weekly from 1996 to 2000 before becoming a freelance writer. His previous novels include three starring Judge Dredd (for Virgin Books) and four featuring Doctor Who (for Virgin and the BBC). He also writes non-fiction books and articles, audio dramas, comics and has been a creative consultant on three forthcoming video games. If you see Bishop in public, do not approach him, alert the nearest editor and then stand well back.
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Other Titles
Indicia
Title Page
Prologue
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Glossary
Author Biography