UNDER SIEGE captures a chilling nightmare sce-nario, one that has already devastated Colombia and sent shock waves around the world. In a novel as immediate and gripping as tomorrow's headlines, the war against the drug lords is exploding within the borders of the United States-striking at the very center of the American government. When the kingpin of the Medellin drug cartel is -extradited to Washington, D.C. to start trial, Presi-dent George Bush is severely wounded by a hired assassin. Vice President Dan Quayle assumes the responsibility for directing the fight against a criminal army that now rules the streets. Captain Jake Grafton, working for the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the battle to regain control of our nation's capital, faces the dual threat of a determined assassin and an equally determined, vicious drug lord-both intent on plunging the United States into chaos. Filled with a cast of vivid, compelling characters