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''Brilliantly disturbing and funny at the same time'' Ben Aaronovitch on the Laundry Files

''Tremendously good, geeky fun'' Telegraph on the Laundry Files

NEVER VOLUNTEER FOR ACTIVE DUTY . . .

Bob Howard is a low-level techie working for a super-secret government agency. While his colleagues are out saving the world, Bob''s under a desk restoring lost data. His world was dull and safe - but then he went and got Noticed.

Now, Bob is up to his neck in spycraft, parallel universes, dimension-hopping terrorists, monstrous elder gods and the end of the world. Only one thing is certain: it will take more than a full system reboot to sort this mess out . . .

This is the first novel in the Laundry Files.

Praise for this series:

''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'' Warren Ellis<

Trade Review
Brilliantly disturbing and funny at the same time -- Ben Aaronovitch, author of RIVERS OF LONDON
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 -- Warren Ellis, author of Transmetropolitan
Stross at the top of his game - which is to say, few do it better -- KIRKUS
Alternately chilling and hilarious -- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Ferociously enjoyable -- SFX

The Atrocity Archives Book 1 in The Laundry Files

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      Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
      Publication Date: 02/07/2013
      ISBN13: 9780356502397, 978-0356502397
      ISBN10: 0356502392

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''Brilliantly disturbing and funny at the same time'' Ben Aaronovitch on the Laundry Files

      ''Tremendously good, geeky fun'' Telegraph on the Laundry Files

      NEVER VOLUNTEER FOR ACTIVE DUTY . . .

      Bob Howard is a low-level techie working for a super-secret government agency. While his colleagues are out saving the world, Bob''s under a desk restoring lost data. His world was dull and safe - but then he went and got Noticed.

      Now, Bob is up to his neck in spycraft, parallel universes, dimension-hopping terrorists, monstrous elder gods and the end of the world. Only one thing is certain: it will take more than a full system reboot to sort this mess out . . .

      This is the first novel in the Laundry Files.

      Praise for this series:

      ''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'' Warren Ellis<

      Trade Review
      Brilliantly disturbing and funny at the same time -- Ben Aaronovitch, author of RIVERS OF LONDON
      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 -- Warren Ellis, author of Transmetropolitan
      Stross at the top of his game - which is to say, few do it better -- KIRKUS
      Alternately chilling and hilarious -- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
      Ferociously enjoyable -- SFX

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