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The ABC Warriors #1: The Medusa War

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I have been a huge fan of the Black Flame series of Judge Dredd novels from book 2, but this entry in the series is so incredibly bad that it is hard describe.

99% of the book is made up, and bares no resemblance to the world of Judge Dredd that has been built up since 1977. In the first two chapters alone, the team entire team of judges that are working with Judge Dredd should have been sent to titan. Two of them of incompetant fools that constantly screw up anything they are assigned. The Lawgivers (Judges guns) contain a bizarre range or ammo like a weird net round that fires an expanding net to trap a perp... tranquilizer darts... and even a grappling hook with a very very long cable.

The author attempts a strange style by merging Douglas Adams and Robert Rankin, resulting is a mess that it sure to give you a headache. Even if this was intended as a parody of Judge Dredd, it misses the mark by miles.

Oh, I mustn't forget about the immaturity. Constant farting jokes, judges who wouldn't even pass as first year cadets, a totally unrecognizable Justice Department including a veteran judge who eats waste material because he can't afford Justice Department prices on food... even though judges get free meals and do not get paid.

If you have no interest or knowledge of Judge Dredd, and if you enjoy fart jokes on every other page, then you might get some small pleasure from this book. For everyone else, stay well clear. This kind of drivel should be against the law.