"They were called the Sonno Group, named after the ancient Japanese slogan: "Honor the Emperor, expel the barbarians." Their numbers included distinguished government figures, leaders of finance, commerce and industry. In the fiery aftermath of World War II, they vowed that the humiliation of defeat would be but a brief moment in a larger pattern of victory. They would bring to pass the most infamous scheme of economic revenge ever known. It was called...The Japan Conspiracy." "Bryant, Forbes, Lederer and Wyman - One of the most prestigious law firms in America, they are a legend in the sophisticated arenas of complex corporate takeovers and international finance. For young attorney Alison Monroe, a summer internship could be the opportunity of a lifetime - especially when she is teamed with brilliant lawyer Chuck Fowler to prepare the prospectus for a major stock offering by powerful financier Reynolds Tyler, one of the firm's most valuable clients." "The flamboyant, Hollywood-based Tyler has publicly expressed antipathy to Japan's expanding role in the U.S. economy. Yet as Monroe and Fowler delve deeper into the billion-dollar deal, they stumble on shattering information linking Tyler Holdings and the firm to a secret group of Japanese businessmen." "As Monroe and Fowler put their careers - and their lives - on the line in a desperate attempt to ferret out the truth behind a deal designed to trigger an unparalleled act of financial terrorism, Japan's wealthiest industrial patriarch steps into the role he has spent a lifetime preparing for...Wall Street careens toward the chaos that will go down in history as Black Friday...and a complex plot calculated to plunge America into economic ruin is in full motion." "In the towering tradition of Michael Crichton's Rising Sun, spanning the globe from the Ginza to L.A., from Japan's secret corridors of power to Capitol Hill and the Oval Office, The Japan Conspiracy is as vividly compelling and terrifyingly real as tomorrow's headlines."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved