In a world where magic has gone mainstream, a policewoman and a group of petty criminals are pulled into a heist to find a forbidden book of spells that should never be opened.
A new adventure begins in the world of the Laundry Files.
Dead Lies Dreaming presents a nightmarish vision of a Britain 'under New Management', sliding unknowingly towards occult cataclysm . . .
'Brilliantly disturbing and funny at the same time' Ben Aaronovitch, on the Laundry Files
'Stross at the top of his game - which is to say, few do it better' Kirkus
'Ferociously enjoyable' SFX
Laundry Files series:
THE ATROCITY ARCHIVES
THE JENNIFER MORGUE
THE FULLER MEMORANDUM
THE APOCALYPSE CODEX
THE RHESUS CHART
THE ANNIHILATION SCORE
THE NIGHTMARE STACKS
THE DELIRIUM BRIEF
THE LABYRINTH INDEX
The Laundry Files: Under New Management
DEAD LIES DREAMING
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
ISBN: 9780356513799
Number of pages: 384
Weight: 480 g
Dimensions: 218 x 142 x 38 mm
Brilliantly disturbing and funny at the same timeCharles 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 nowStross at the top of his game - which is to say, few do it betterAlternately chilling and hilariousFerociously enjoyable
I'm grateful to the publisher for an advance e-copy of Dead Lies Dreaming via NetGalley.
After a couple of years' hiatus it's great to see a novel by Charles Stross hitting the streets again - in this...
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I’m a huge Laundry Files fan and couldn’t wait to get my claws into this. The more recent LF novels have introduced new main characters and POVs so it wasn’t a surprise when none of the usual faves Bob, Mo, Pinky,... More
My thanks to Little, Brown Book Group U.K. - Orbit for an eARC via NetGalley of ‘Dead Lies Dreaming’ by Charles Stross in exchange for an honest review.
While listed as Book 10 in Stross’ Laundry Files series, it is...
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