Tonogai, Yoshiki

A group of teen video game players meet off-line and find themselves trapped in an abandoned building with a corpse strung in front of them and they must figure out who the killer is.

"Do the clues discovered in a new room herald nothing more than a new despair? Soon, the brutal sentencing of the third judgment is visited upon the participants. Who here is the victim, and who the perpetrator? Until all is revealed, time is on no one's side..."--Back cover.

"In the abandoned courthouse, to trust is folly. Is that the only rule, the only strategy to staying alive in the twisted game underway within? When the time for the second judgment arrives, a ruthless decision is made to shocking effect. The sinner must accept reality...for idealistic notions have no place within these halls of cruel and swift justice..."--Back cover.

"Court is now in session for Hiro and the other sinners who have been herded like cattle into an abandoned courthouse to pass judgement on one another's crimes. Suspicions whirl after the first trial is held. Were the votes cast by the sinners born of deception or goodwill? As a clearer picture of the courthouse itself is revealed, new doubts arise. What's to become of the one who has been sentenced to death?"--Back cover.

"A group of sinners who bear the guilt of the seven deadly sins has been gathered in an old courthouse to face judgment. To leave this place alive they must offer up a sacrifice--one of their number. As the trial begins, who will the gavel fall on first?"--Back cover.