The Night-Comers

The Night-Comers is a 1956 novel by Eric Ambler. In the United States it was published as State of Siege.[1]

The Night-Comers
AuthorEric Ambler
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
PublisherHeinemann
Publication date
1956
Media typePrint
OCLC752399447
Preceded byThe Schirmer Inheritance 
Followed byPassage of Arms 

The cover artist when the book was reprinted by Pan Books was S. R. Boldero.[2]

Plot

Steve Fraser travels to the Southeast-Asian island of Sunda for a holiday. Sunda is a former Dutch colony, which has recently become independent. Fraser is taken hostage by a fundamentalist Islamic group attempting to overthrow the provisional government.

Reception

The book was inspired by recent Indonesian National Revolution.[3]

Kirkus Reviews described it as "a sophisticated, circumspect drama of revolution and political terrorism... Not as sinister a chimera of intrigue as his earlier books, but an assured adventure tale to which the shifty, shifting character of this part of the world lends substance."[4]

References
  1. Ambler, Eric (1956). "State of siege". Knopf.
  2. "J.J. Marric (John Creasey) Close Up". www.shotsmag.co.uk.
  3. "Red & White – review". the Guardian. 7 November 2010.
  4. "State of Siege". Kirkus Reviews. 17 September 1956.
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