The Atrocity Archives by Charles Stross - ISBN: 9780356502397
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Techie fights Lovecraftian horrors to save world, wishes he hadn’t.

The Atrocity Archives

Book 1 in The Laundry Files

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  • Paperback

    352 pages

  • Release Date

    13 August 2013

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Summary

NEVER VOLUNTEER FOR ACTIVE DUTY…

Bob Howard is a low-level techie working for a super-secret government agency. While his colleagues are out saving the world, Bob’s under a desk restoring lost data. None of them receive any thanks for the jobs they do, but at least a techie doesn’t risk getting shot or eaten in the line of duty. His world was dull and safe; but then he went and got Noticed.

Now, Bob Howard is up to his neck in spycraft, alternative universes, dimension-hopping…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780356502397
ISBN-10:0356502392
Author:Charles Stross
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Orbit
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:352
Release Date:13 August 2013
Weight:246g
Dimensions:198mm x 129mm x 22mm
Series:Laundry Files
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Critics Review

Brilliantly disturbing and funny at the same time

Brilliantly disturbing and funny at the same time – Ben Aaronovitch, author of RIVERS OF LONDONCharles Stross owns this field, and his vast, cool intellect has launched yet another mad, sly entertainment that will strangle the hell out of anything else on offer right now – Warren Ellis, author of TransmetropolitanStross at the top of his game - which is to say, few do it better – KIRKUSAlternately chilling and hilarious – PUBLISHERS WEEKLYFerociously enjoyable – SFX

About The Author

Charles Stross

Charles Stross is a full-time science fiction writer, living in Edinburgh, Scotland. He’s won two Hugo Awards and been nominated many times over, and his books have been translated all over the world. He’s currently working on the fifth volume of the Laundry Files, “The Rhesus Chart”.

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