Rising Sun/Michael Crichton

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - 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. "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 York Daily News "The action in Rising Sun unfolds at a breathless pace."-- Business Week About the Author: Michael Crichton 's novels include The Andromeda Strain, The Great Train Robbery, Congo, Jurassic Park, Rising Sun, Disclosure, and The Lost World . He was as well the creator of the television series ER . Crichton died in 2008.