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The Night-Comers

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

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

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

Plot

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Steve Fraser is an engineer working on a dam on the Southeast-Asian island of Sunda. Sunda is a former Dutch colony, which has recently become independent. Fraser's period of employment at an end, he goes to town to catch a plane out. He meets a half Dutch, half Sundan girl, Rosalie and both get caught up in a fundamentalist Islamic group's attempt to overthrow the provisional government and the subsequent battle around the radio station. An atmospheric tale of love and adventure.

Reception

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The book was inspired by the 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

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  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.