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  • The Nightmare Stacks

  • Laundry Files, Book 7
  • Written by: Charles Stross
  • Narrated by: Gideon Emery
  • Length: 14 hrs and 54 mins
  • 4.8 out of 5 stars (14 ratings)

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The Nightmare Stacks

Written by: Charles Stross
Narrated by: Gideon Emery
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Publisher's Summary

The Laundry Files' "fast-paced blend of espionage thrills, mundane office comedy and Lovecraftian horror" (SFX) continues as Hugo Award-winning author Charles Stross assigns a day trader to a permanent position on the night shift....

After stumbling upon the algorithm that turned him and his fellow merchant bankers into vampires, Alex Schwartz was drafted by The Laundry, Britain's secret counter-occult agency that's humanity's first line of defense against the forces of darkness. Dependent on his new employers for his continued existence - as Alex has no stomach for predatory bloodsucking - he has little choice but to accept his new role as an operative in training.

Dispatched to Leeds, Alex's first assignment is to help assess the costs of renovating a 1950s Cold War bunker into The Laundry's new headquarters. Unfortunately Leeds is Alex's hometown, and the thought of breaking the news to his parents that he's left banking for civil service, while hiding his undead condition, is causing more anxiety than learning how to live as a vampire secret agent preparing to confront multiple apocalypses.

Alex's only saving grace is Cassie Brewer, a drama student appearing in the local Goth Festival who is inexplicably attracted to him despite his awkward personality and massive amounts of sunblock.

But Cassie has secrets of her own - secrets that make Alex's nightlife behaviors seem positively normal....

©2016 Charles Stross (P)2016 Recorded Books

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Thrilling and completely engrossing!

I think this is the best book in the series thus far, and that is saying something because every entry in the epic series is exceptional.

The performance is quite simply, brilliant.

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Your worst nightmare come true

It’s what we’ve always feared would happen in the Laundry series, and it’s very, very scary. Sadly, it was a logical progression in the series, and only worse news must lie ahead. No Bob Howard in this one, but still elegantly plotted and performed. #Audible1

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