RINGS (Ring (Paperback))

RINGS (Ring (Paperback)) by Suzuki, Koji. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781945054242.

The Inspiration for the New Major Motion Picture RINGS A mysterious videotape warns that the viewer will die in one week unless a certain, unspecified act is performed. Exactly one week after watching the tape, four teenagers die one after another of heart failure. Asakawa, a hardworking journalist, is intrigued by his nieces inexplicable death. His investigation leads him from a metropolitan tokyo teeming with modern societys fears to a rural Japan—a mountain resort, a volcanic island, and a countryside clinic—haunted by the past. His attempt to solve the tapes mystery before its too late—for everyone—assumes an increasingly deadly urgency. Ring is a chillingly told horror story, a masterfully suspenseful mystery, and post-modern trip. The success of Koji Suzukis novel the Ring has lead to manga, television and film adaptations in Japan, Korea, and the U.S.