The Nightmare Stacks, 9780356505367
Paperback
Vampire spy returns home to fight cosmic horrors and awkwardness.

The Nightmare Stacks

a laundry files novel

$37.08

  • Paperback

    432 pages

  • Release Date

    15 May 2017

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Summary

The Nightmare Stacks: A Laundry Files Novel

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 ne…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780356505367
ISBN-10:0356505367
Series:Laundry Files
Author:Charles Stross
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Orbit
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:432
Release Date:15 May 2017
Weight:300g
Dimensions:197mm x 130mm x 35mm
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Critics Review

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 time

Stross at the top of his game - which is to say, few do it better

Stross has pulled off yet another fast-paced blend of espionage thrills, office comedy and Lovecraftian horror … ferociously enjoyable

Alternately chilling and hilarious

About 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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