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 . . .
General
| Imprint: |
Orbit
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Series: |
Laundry Files |
| Release date: |
July 2012 |
| First published: |
July 2012 |
| Authors: |
Charles Stross
|
| Dimensions: |
203 x 127 x 27mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback - B-format
|
| Pages: |
386 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-356-50098-0 |
| Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Science fiction
Promotions
|
| LSN: |
0-356-50098-5 |
| Barcode: |
9780356500980 |
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