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Rising Sun

A Novel

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Rising Sun

By: Michael Crichton
Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews
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Summary

A riveting thriller of corporate intrigue and cutthroat competition between American and Japanese business interests.

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.

Rising Sun was made into a film, starring Sean Connery.

©1992 CrichtonSun LLC (P)2015 Brilliance Audio, Inc. Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Mystery Police Procedural Psychological Technothrillers Thriller Thriller & Suspense Technology Exciting Suspense Business

Critic Reviews

"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
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I really enjoyed the other books by Crichton but this has a weak story line and is actually boring. Also it’s full of explicit language.

Worse Michael Crichton by far

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