When Detective Judge Armitage is sent to Mega-City One, he thinks that things can't get any worse. Then he runs into Judge Dredd – and discovers his problems have only just begun...

Chicago, 1926: Mass-murderer Albert Fish is to be executed in the electric chair. But when the lever is pulled, a massive power surge opens a space-time gateway and sends Fish hurtling into the future.

Mega-City One, 2116: Judge Dredd is fighting a desperate battle against the fanatical following of a charasmatic Brit-Cit sociopath. Meanwhile, across the city, something strange and frightening is happening to reality.

These events are linked. To discover how, Judge Dredd must unwillingly unite with Brit-Cit Judge Armitage to defeat a menace that threatens both their cities – and perhaps the entire world.