#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