In this sleek thriller, the basis for a smash-hit Japanese movie, a newspaperman tries to solve a series of mysterious, seemingly unconnected deaths in Tokyo. Eventually he discovers a cursed videotape that kills anyone who sees it seven days after viewing it. The problem: to solve its secrets, one has to watch it first. Told in gripping, terse prose, Ring is relentless horror. Readers learn why Ring became a phenomenon in Japan and throughout Asia, with several blockbuster film adaptations to its name.