Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects & 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 & 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 working as Kira the newest member of the NPA intelligence bureau & L has nearly succeeded in creating his ideal world. But the years of uncontested victory have made him complacent & he is unprepared for a new attack close to home. With his younger sister Sayu kidnapped & the NPA's Death Note demanded as ransom Light must travel across the world & confront two new adversaries each with a very different agenda. Will Light's quick wits be a match for this new challenge or will he be forced to choose between Kira's ambitions & his own family's lives?