Micheal Crichton's signature amalgam of suspense and science is put to dazzling effect in this riveting murder that unfolds in the arena of volatile Japanese-American relationships - where control of the most sophisticated technology is the fiercely coveted prize and the Japanese saying "business is war" has more than figurative meaning.Two L.A.P.D. officers are plunged into the "shadow land" of Los Angeles' Japanese community as they investigate the death of a beautiful young woman at Nakamoto Tower - the new U.S. headquarters of the powerful Japanese electronics corporation. Their painstaking search for the killer uncovers an insidious, widespread pattern of bribery, corruption, and extortion that reaches from Tokyo and Osaka to Capitol Hill - where the fate of what's left of the already decimated American telecommunications industry is being decided.
Once again, Crichton has taken the facts behind today's headlines and created a real and frightening picture of our possible future.
