From the author of Jurassic Park, Timeline, and Sphere comes this riveting thriller of corporate intrigue and cutthroat competition between American and Japanese business interests.
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��s well built a thrill machine as a suspense novel can be.����i>The New York Times Book Review
On the forty-fifth floor of the Nakamoto tower in downtown Los Angeles��he new American headquarters of the immense Japanese conglomerate�� grand opening celebration is in full swing.
On the forty-sixth floor, in an empty conference room, the corpse of a beautiful young woman is discovered.
The investigation immediately becomes a headlong chase through a twisting maze of industrial intrigue, a no-holds-barred conflict in which control of a vital American technology is the fiercely coveted prize��nd in which the Japanese saying ��usiness is war��takes on a terrifying reality.
�� grand maze of plot twists . . . Crichton�� gift for spinning a timely yarn is going to be enough, once again, to serve a current tenant of the bestseller list with an eviction notice.����ew York Daily News
��he action in Rising Sun unfolds at a breathless pace.����i>Business Week