Rising Sun: A Novel
May 2012 · Ballantine Books
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#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
“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
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4.4
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August 5, 2015
Considering the time the book was published (1992) and the ongoing Japanese-American business relations this was probably a hot, controversial topic. It still might be. Were the details accurate? Maybe, but as a work of fiction the author need not be constrained to exactness, at least from my perspective. This would have been a four-star read but the delivery was at times excessive, repetitive, and could have otherwise been used for a thicker plot or more twists.
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Carlos Garcia
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May 28, 2025
I struggled to get into this book and it pains me. I love MC books and have recently become a huge fan. He has hits and misses, this one was a miss. I have it a 3.9/5 and it hurt to rank it so low. I am not complaining about "racism" or how it's a book "written for a specific time", such stupid reviews are simply small minded. The story moves, but it delves into too much detail at times and takes away from the story. It could have built up a stronger story with those wasted pages of details. Maybe even throw a better twist in there. This is absolutely no Disclosure (5/5 all day!), but it could have been better. It also hurt to see how stupid they made the main character sound throughout the whole book. I just feel like it was a wasted effort... it was exceptionally slow and too convoluted.
Robert Tremblay
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June 19, 2023
Comically racist, as well as dated. Nowdays, given the current political climate, categorically unreadable.
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.
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