Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects - and he's bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and now Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Noteto rid the world of evil. But when criminals begin dropping dead, the authorities send the legendary detective L to track down the killer. With L hot on his heels, will Light lose sight of his noble goal…or his life?
Light tests the boundaries of the Death Note's powers as L and the police begin to close in. Luckily Light's father is the head of the Japanese National Police Agency and leaves vital information about the case lying around the house. With access to his father's files, Light can keep one step ahead of the authorities. But who is the strange man following him, and how can Light guard against enemies whose names he doesn't know?
- ISBN10 1421525771
- ISBN13 9781421525778
- Publish Date 1 September 2008 (first published 17 November 2008)
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 11 February 2017
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 200
- Language English