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Quantum of Nightmares
Quantum of Nightmares | Charles Stross
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A unique blend of espionage thrills and Lovecraftian horror, Hugo Award-winning author Charles Stross's Laundry Files continues with Quantum of Nightmares. Its a brave new Britain under the New Management. The avuncular Prime Minister is an ancient eldritch god of unimaginable power. Crime is plummeting as almost every offense is punishable by death. And everywhere you look, there are people with strange powers, some of which they can control, and some, not so much. Hyperorganized and formidable, Eve Starkey defeated her boss, the louche magical adept and billionaire Rupert de Montfort Bigge, in a supernatural duel to the death. Now shes in charge of the Bigge Corporationjust in time to discover the lethal trap Rupert set for her long ago. Wendy Deeres transhuman abilities have gotten her through many a scrape. Now shes gainfully employed investigating unauthorized supernatural shenanigans. She swore to herself she wouldnt again get entangled with Eve Starkeys bohemian brother Imp and his crew of transhuman misfits. Yeah, right. Mary Macandless has powers of her own. Right now shes pretending to be a nanny in order to kidnap the children of a pair of famous, Government-authorized superheroes. These children have powers of their own, and Mary Macandless is in way over her head. Amanda Sullivan is the HR manager of a minor grocery chain, much oppressed by her glossy blonde bosswho is cooking up an appalling, extralegal scheme literally involving human flesh. All of these stories will come together, with world-bending results... "For all of Stross's genuine ability to spook and dismay, The Laundry Files are some of the most tremendously humane books I've ever read." Tamsyn Muir, author of Gideon the Ninth and Harrow the Ninth At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
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Horror comedy? Urban dystopia?

At first I was ambivalent about the new cast, but now I‘m hooked. There‘s a cutthroat corporate executive—sometimes battle sorceress—Eve, her brother and his band of misfit superhuman thieves, an ex policewoman turned bounty hunter, and Mary, a nanny with superpowers like Mary Poppins (but also with a machine gun and evil) who is “taking care“ of four kids from hell.

In short, awesome fun 😁

4.5/5

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I have 300+ books in the TBR so I'm definitely reading the newly released book that arrived a day early.

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