Dead Company
Age: 📚 16+ | 3 Volumes (Complete) | Paperback & eBook | Creator: Yoshiki Tonogai
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Dead Company is a pulse-pounding psychological thriller from Yoshiki Tonogai—the mastermind behind Doubt, Judge, and Secret—that plunges readers into a nightmare where survival is just the beginning, and the real horror lies in what comes after. If you thought death games were terrifying, wait until you see who's running them.
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Three years ago, Ryosuke Miyauchi survived the unthinkable: a real-life battle royale where players were forced to kill each other until only one remained. He made it out alive. His girlfriend didn't. Now Ryosuke drifts through life as a hollow shell, haunted by trauma and crushed by survivor's guilt. Normal existence feels impossible when your hands remember what they did to stay alive.
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Then EDC comes calling. One of the world's most popular game developers, EDC wants Ryosuke for a very specific reason: his "experience." At first, he doesn't understand. Then the horrifying truth emerges—EDC doesn't just make games. They run death games. Real ones. Worldwide. And they profit from every kill.
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Ryosuke wants nothing to do with this nightmare. But when he discovers that Kyo—the younger sister of his slain girlfriend—has entered one of EDC's deadly games, everything changes. She's doing it on purpose. She's looking for answers. And she's going to die unless Ryosuke can save her.
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Now trapped inside the very machine that destroyed his life, Ryosuke must navigate corporate conspiracies, impossible alliances, and his own fractured psyche. He's been offered a chance to strike back at the company that ruined him—but in a world where everyone has an agenda, who can he trust?
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Dead Company is a white-knuckle trilogy that proves the deadliest games aren't the ones you play—they're the ones you're forced to run.
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Perfect for readers who love: Psychological thrillers, death games/survival horror, corporate conspiracy, revenge narratives, trauma and redemption, fans of Tonogai's previous works (Doubt, Judge, Secret).