State of Siege Author:Eric Ambler All in all Steve Fraser had enjoyed his three-year stint in the former Dutch Southeast Asian colony of Sunda, and he?d been well compensated. But now he was looking forward to a last weekend in the capital before heading home. But Sunda was newly independent, and not entirely stable. An opposition faction with fundamentalist Islamic leanings was... more » set on overthrowing the provisonal government. And instead of enjoying a sybaritic weekend with the Eurasian beauty Rosalie, Fraser finds himself trapped with her by a fanatical group who?ve taken over the country?s radio station and made their headquarters in his friend Jebb?s apartment. As the government launches a counterattack, the couple?s survival depends on their ability to dodge bullets and the shifting loyalties of the coup?s liuetenants.« less