{"id":7056,"date":"2009-10-27T22:18:31","date_gmt":"2009-10-28T04:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/?p=7056"},"modified":"2009-10-29T01:38:17","modified_gmt":"2009-10-29T07:38:17","slug":"plunge-into-the-fatal-last-case-of-legendary-crime-detective-in-new-novel-death-note-l-change-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/?p=7056","title":{"rendered":"Plunge into the Fatal Last Case of Legendary Crime Detective in New Novel “Death Note: L, change the WorLd”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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L Has Twenty-Three Days to Live, and Twenty-Two Days to Save the World<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

from VIZ Media<\/a>:<\/p>\n

VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry’s most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, expands the thrilling psychological suspense of Death Note<\/em><\/a> with the release of Death Note: L, change the WorLd<\/em>, a new novel featuring the master detective from the hit animated and manga series. Death Note: L, change the WorLd<\/em> is available now from SHONEN JUMP Fiction and carries an MSRP of $17.99 U.S. \/ $24.00 CAN.<\/p>\n

In an alternative continuity in the Death Note<\/em> setting, ace detective L’s name has been placed in a Death Note. He has twenty-three days to bring a terrorist group to justice, or they will use a deadly new virus to change the world… by killing off most of humanity.<\/p>\n

\u201cDeath Note: L, change the WorLd<\/em> offers a fitting finale to the Death Note<\/em> saga and contains many events that did not take place in the film,\u201d says Gonzalo Ferreyra, Vice President, Sales & marketing, VIZ Media. \u201cThe author, who adopts the nom de plume \u2018M\u2019 in tribute to the eccentric detective, creates an intriguing alternate continuity that will intrigue fans of the anime and manga series as well as new readers. Any thoughts of a quiet hospice vanish as L sacrifices his life to save humanity. Edge of your seat suspense awaits readers in this gripping new novel!\u201d<\/p>\n

Death Note: L, change the WorLd<\/em> features the same format as the original Japanese printing with a hardcover and clear acetate jacket with metallic ink. The cover art is by Takeshi Obata, the artist for the Death Note<\/em> manga series. Death Note<\/em> is one of VIZ Media\u2019s top 5 bestselling properties, with over 1 million copies of the manga sold in the U.S. The character of L is extremely popular with fans and has inspired various products such as apparel and stationery as well as spinoff novels and three live action Death Note<\/em> films (available from VIZ Pictures).<\/p>\n

For more information on Death Note<\/em>, please visit Deathnote.viz.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

from VIZ Media: VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), one of the entertainment industry’s most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, expands the thrilling psychological suspense of Death Note with the release of Death Note: L, change the WorLd, a new novel featuring the master detective from the hit animated and manga series. Death … Continue reading “Plunge into the Fatal Last Case of Legendary Crime Detective in New Novel “Death Note: L, change the WorLd””<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,20,5,22,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-announcements","category-arts-culture","category-books-writing","category-comics","category-films"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7056\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uberscifigeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}