Shokei Tarot

is a Japanese light novel series written by Shinjiro Dobashi, with illustrations by Ryo Ueda. The series began publication on November 10, 2017 by ASCII Media Works under their Dengeki Bunko publishing imprint.

Synopsis
"Sudden Death" -It's an escape game where the risks of death are side by side!

"I was looking for a genius of the game" Kyohei Narumi, a high school student who welcomed the VR escape game with a clear rate of 98% as the only "true bad end". Narumi, who was expected to have that skill by Nagisa Katahira, the creator of the game, is invited to the escape game "Sudden Death", which is said to be at risk of death.

Narumi has been searching for a certain person-Rika, a "desire to die" classmate who continues to expose herself to the death game. However, when she reunited in the game, she was trapped in the curse of a terrifying card called "Execution Tarot"! The only way to save Ririka is to clear a dangerous game and collect all the "execution tarots". However, there are other girls who got cards for various reasons participating in the game ...!?