When Light Yagami finds a notebook giving him power over death, will he use
it for good-or evil?
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 Note to 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?