A death demon drops his notebook and it's picked up by a brilliant young student who discovers he can kill people by writing their name in the book. This he now does, in the cause of killing of criminals the world over and creating a utopia of well-behaved citizens who are too scared to step out of line. Playing around with the rules associated with the notebook in ingenious ways, hos activities cause panic and admiration, but soon a private detective in association with international police, is on his trail, quickly and brilliantly narrowing down the search uncomfortably close to home. There commences a battle of wills between the brilliantly rational detective and the brilliantly murderous student with the supernatural murder book. There's no question who's the burgeoning psychopath and who's the good guy but the game is sharp and fast and twisted and fun.