Insurrection was a unique story in Judge Dredd universe. It was a beacon of hope, hope that in the oppressive MegaOne dominion there can be true liberty. Even when Luther escaped with only few of his allies beacon of hope remained.

And all of that hope gets crushed here. Again, truth be told, to have it survive as more than an idea would be a long shot in this merciless world. When MegaOne turns its back on yet another colony when alien Zhind show up, Luther and his group contact the renegade troops that decided to remain on the colony and defend it (since they defied MegaOne orders they are automatically degraeded to traitors that cannot redeem themselves). Soon SJS will track them all down and in the middle of fight to survive SJS and Luther will join forces when full scale Zhind armada comes in.

And this is where tragedy strikes - when Zhind are defeated (during this fight great losses take place) SJS decides to strike the insurrectionists in the back and Luther's rebellion is finally quashed.

What remains is idea and sole survivor of the conflict starts to spread the word - as he says idea cannot be killed and noble ideas like liberty need to live and marshal people under its flag.

Art is excellent as was case with the first volume. Scenes of combat (especially during the Zhind raid) are excellently drawn and show all of the despair of modern combat. On the other hand fight against the Zhind's on Oryx invokes scenes from WW1 and trench warfare that took so many lives.

Excellent book. Although tragic story, it is inspiring and message that liberty is idea worth fighting for remains actual even today.

Highly recommended. ( )