Ring Books in Order

Still grieving his son, Dr. Ando performs an autopsy on a friend who died in mysterious circumstances. The discovery draws him into a disturbing investigation that transforms the meaning of the cursed videotape and the deaths surrounding it.

As a new cancer devastates his father and spreads across the world, Kaoru investigates a failed virtual-reality experiment. Following its connections to the disease takes him to the Mojave Desert, where a revelation threatens his understanding of reality and himself.

Three linked stories revisit the women of the Ring universe, moving between Sadako’s theatrical ambitions and the aftermath of the cursed videotape. Birth, grief and unresolved mysteries reveal new dimensions of the terror connecting their lives.

Aspiring filmmaker Takanori examines an online video that appears to show a suicide, unaware of what the investigation will unleash. When his pregnant partner watches it, the disturbing footage draws their lives into the continuing legacy of the Ring curse.

Journalist Asakawa investigates a series of unexplained deaths and discovers a videotape that threatens its viewers with death in one week. With the deadline approaching, he searches for its origins and a way to escape the apparent curse.