The Nightmare Stacks
A Laundry Files novel
$39.83
- Paperback
432 pages
- Release Date
16 May 2017
Summary
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…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780356505367 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0356505367 |
| Author: | Charles Stross |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Orbit |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 16 May 2017 |
| Weight: | 300g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 130mm x 35mm |
| Series: | Laundry Files |
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Charles 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
Brilliantly disturbing and funny at the same timeStross at the top of his game - which is to say, few do it betterStross has pulled off yet another fast-paced blend of espionage thrills, office comedy and Lovecraftian horror … ferociously enjoyableAlternately chilling and hilariousAbout The Author
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.
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