Rising Sun
Edition: 1st Ballantine Books trade edition (1)
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 1997-06
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 399
ISBN-13: 9780345418968
Copyright date: 1992
Subjects: Mystery & Detective - Police Procedural; Science Fiction - General; Fiction / Science Fiction / General; Technological; Fiction - Mystery/ Detective; Fiction
First sentence: 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.
Description: On the forty-fifth floor of the Nakamoto Tower in downtown L.A.—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 dead body of a beautiful young woman is discovered.

The investigation begins ... and 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 the Japanese saying "business is war" takes on a terrifying reality...
--back cover
Table of contents: title: USA/CAN