L: Change the WorLd (novel)

L: Change the WorLd (stylized as L: change the WorLd) is a novel written by M. It is a spin-off story focusing on L after the events of the first two films in the Death Note live-action film series.

Although the novel is marketed as an adaption of the live-action film of the same name, it has a number of major differences and explicitly exists in a separate continuity. One of the changes to the novel is that Near is no longer a Thai boy and is more similar to the manga character, and he is already training under L as his successor. The novel also reveals more information about L, his past, and his thoughts about Light Yagami and the case.

Synopsis
Official description of the novel from the English edition by Viz Media: In an alternative continuity in the Death Note setting, ace detective L's name has been placed in a Death Note. He has twenty-three days to bring a terrorist group to justice, or they will use a deadly new virus to change the world...by killing off most of humanity.

Characters
The main characters listed at the beginning of the novel:
 * L
 * Kimihiko Nikaido, an immunologist
 * Maki Nikaido, the daughter of Dr. Nikaido
 * Kimiko Kujo, Dr. Nikaido's assistant
 * Hideaki Suruga, an FBI agent
 * Daisuke Matoba, director of NPO Blue Ship

Contents
The book contents are displayed on a timeline, counting down to the day of L's death. The chapters have the number of the countdown preceding the title.

Chapter list:


 * 272 LA (L's Affair)
 * 23 Fate
 * 19 Destroyed
 * 18-1 Suruga
 * 18-2 Anguish
 * 18-3 Plan
 * 17-1 Break-In
 * 17-2 Job
 * 16 Kujo
 * 15 Agreement
 * 14 Strategy
 * 13-1 Hostage
 * 13-2 Exchange
 * 13-3 Hate
 * 13-4 Spoils
 * 12-1 Joke
 * 12-2 Rescue
 * 11 Nes
 * 10-1 Surrounded
 * 10-2 Cybernet
 * 10-3 Counterattack
 * 09-1 Attack
 * 09-2 Purge
 * 07-1 Escape
 * 07-2 Multiple
 * 07-3 Flight
 * 06-1 Arrival
 * 06-2 Discovery
 * 06-3 Production
 * 05 Piratess
 * 04 Bug
 * 02-1 Kidnapped
 * 02-2 Deception
 * 02-3 Hope
 * 00-1 Reunion
 * 00-2 Friends
 * 00-3 Promise
 * 00-4 Journey

M
M is the pen name used by the author of the novel. The capital letter "M" the author uses to represent themselves is written in Cloister Black/Old English Text MT font, which is the same font used by L and Watari for their identifying initials, "L" and "W."

M is also credited with assisting with the film L: Change the WorLd.

"I am deeply grateful to writer Hiroto Kawabata and Toshihiko Komatsu of the NPO Biomedical Science Association for their invaluable guidance. This work is a novel adaption of the film L: Change the WorLd as well as an homage to the original comics, novel, and live action films that preceded it. While it is loosely connected with the previous works, I hope you'll enjoy reading this novel as an L story from an alternative continuity. M."
 * Note from M

Trivia

 * The pages in the novel were designed to bear resemblance to pages in a Death Note.
 * In the title L: Change the WorLd, the L in "WorLd" is capitalized; this is presumably done in order to represent L.
 * The author "M" is the pen name of a real person and is not Mello, the in-universe author of Death Note Another Note: The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases.