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Fiction, Espionage & spy thriller, Science fiction
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Little, Brown Audio
- Paperback Jul 31, 2012 | 9780356500980 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook May 24, 2018 | 9781405540766 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Jul 9, 2012 | 9780748130955 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
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A smart and fast-paced supernatural spy thriller from the Laundry, the super-secret British government agency tasked with defending the realm from occult threats.
Bob Howard used to fix computers for the Laundry - the branch of the British Secret Service that deals with otherworldly threats - but those days are over. He's not only been promoted to active service but actually survived missions against cultists, enemy spies and tentacled horrors from other dimensions. Willingly or not, he's on his way up in this dangerous organisation.
When a televangelist with connections to 10 Downing Street seems able to work miracles, the Laundry takes an interest. But an agency that answers to the Prime Minister can't spy on him themselves and Bob's shadowy superiors come up with a compromise - they hire 'freelancers', with Bob in charge.
British citizens who discover the occult are either forcibly recruited by the Laundry or disposed of and Bob's never heard of freelancers before. Officially they don't exist. Anyone who's big and bad enough to remain independent is going to be hard to handle and Bob's not too sure that the one-week 'people management' course he was sent on in Milton Keynes is going to be enough...
Charles Stross
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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