The Nightmare Stacks: A Laundry Files novel
Jun 2016 · Hachette UK
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Alex Schwartz had a great job and a promising future - until he caught an unfortunate bout of vampirism, and agreed (on pain of death) to join the Laundry, Britain's only counter-occult secret intelligence agency.
His first assignment is in Leeds - his old hometown. But the thought of telling his parents he's lost his job, let alone their discovering his 'condition', is causing Alex almost as much anxiety as his new lifestyle of supernatural espionage.
His only saving grace is Cassie Brewer, a student from the local Goth Festival who flirts with him despite his fear of sunlight (and girls). But Cassie has secrets of her own - secrets that make Alex's night life seem positively normal . . .
James Bond meets H. P. Lovecraft in the latest occult thriller from Hugo Award winner Charles Stross, in a series where British spies take on the supernatural.
His first assignment is in Leeds - his old hometown. But the thought of telling his parents he's lost his job, let alone their discovering his 'condition', is causing Alex almost as much anxiety as his new lifestyle of supernatural espionage.
His only saving grace is Cassie Brewer, a student from the local Goth Festival who flirts with him despite his fear of sunlight (and girls). But Cassie has secrets of her own - secrets that make Alex's night life seem positively normal . . .
James Bond meets H. P. Lovecraft in the latest occult thriller from Hugo Award winner Charles Stross, in a series where British spies take on the supernatural.
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4.6
44 reviews
AJ Witt
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November 11, 2016
What the world needs now is an eldritch elven invasion. This one benefits from tight characterisation and great pace in the final third. Introduction of new society handled efficiently whereas other authors could easily have diverted off into a couple of books. Fascinated to see where the series goes now.
Rob Irwin
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January 6, 2018
Revived a flagging series. Was a bit wary of the vampire thing, but having a younger less experienced lead character worked. Also a refreshing change after the pretty awful thing that was the Mo / superhero / middle -management handbook tedium of the predecessor. Cracks along at a good old pace, and interesting premise behind it explored well.
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Ben McPhee
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July 5, 2016
Expanding the laundry universe and characters without losing what made the earlier books so good!
About the author
Charles Stross is a full-time science fiction writer and resident of Edinburgh, Scotland. The author of seven Hugo-nominated novels and winner of three Hugo awards for best novella, two of which are part of the Laundry Files series, Stross's works have been translated into over twelve languages. As the owner of degrees in pharmacy and computer science, he graduated as the world's only academically qualified cyberpunk writer just as cyberpunk died. Today he describes his job as telling lies for money and tormenting his imaginary friends. Follow his blog at http://www.accelerando.org/ and his Twitter feed at @cstross.
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