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| Author | Dave Stone |
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| Cover artist | Sean Phillips |
| Series | Judge Dredd |
| Genre | Science fiction Set in2116 |
| Publisher | Virgin Books |
Publication date | January 1994 |
| Pages | 256 |
| ISBN | 0-352-32895-9 |
| Preceded by | Cursed Earth Asylum |
| Followed by | Dread Dominion |
The Medusa Seed (1994) is an original novel written byDave Stone and based on the long-running Britishscience fictioncomic stripJudge Dredd. It is Stone's secondJudge Dredd novel, and again features the characterDetective-Judge Armitage, who appeared in Stone's first such novel,Deathmasques.
Armitage and his assistant Judge Steel come toMega-City One to pursue a serial murderer –Albert Fish, who has escaped from the electric chair in 1936 and travelled to the 22nd century – under the watchful eye of Judge Dredd. When their quarry escapes through time back to the 1930s, Dredd and Steel must follow him there. Meanwhile, Armitage is lost in theUndercity.
The Medusa Seed includes the only explanation in anyJudge Dredd story of the origins of people with psionic abilities, such as members of Justice Department'sPsi Division (since "psis" existed before theAtomic Wars and are therefore not mutations created by the ensuing radiation[1]). Psis are said to be the product of illegal medical experiments on children during the 20th century by the US National Security Agency.[2]
