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Battle Royale: Remastered Binding:Paperback and Barbara Smith are authorsIn a dystopian future Japan, forty two junior high school students are outfitted with weapons and bid to kill one another until there is only one left standing. Koushun Takami's notorious high octane thriller envisions a nightmare scenario: a class of junior high school students is taken to a deserted island where, as part of a ruthless authoritarian program, they are provided arms and forced to kill until only one survivor is left standing.