Rising Sun: A Novel [Paperback]

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the author ofJurassic Park, Timeline, andSpherecomes this riveting thriller of corporate intrigue and cutthroat competition between American and Japanese business interests.
 
“As well built a thrill machine as a suspense novel can be.”—The New York Times Book Review
 
On the forty-fifth floor of the Nakamoto tower in downtown Los Angeles—the new American headquarters of the immense Japanese conglomerate—a 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—and in which the Japanese saying “Business is war” takes on a terrifying reality.
 
“A grand maze of plot twists . . . Crichton’s 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.”—New YorkDaily News
 
“The action inRising Sununfolds at a breathless pace.”—Business WeekMichael Crichton’s novels includeThe Andromeda Strain, The Great Train Robbery, Congo, Jurassic Park, Rising Sun, Disclosure,andThe Lost World. He was as well the creator of the television seriesER. Crichton died in 2008.Actually, I was sitting on my bed in my apartment in Culver City, watching the Lakers game with the sound turned off, while I tried to study vocabulary for my introductory Japanese class.

It was a quiet evening; I had gotten my daughter to sleep about eight. Now I had the cassette playl³.