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Quantum of Nightmares

Book 2 of the New Management, a series set in the world of the Laundry Files

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Quantum of Nightmares

By: Charles Stross
Narrated by: Imogen Church
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Summary

 It's a brave new Britain under the New Management. The Prime Minister is an 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.

Hyperorganised 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 she's in charge of the Bigge Corporation, just in time to discover the lethal trap Rupert set for her long ago . . .

Wendy Deere is investigating unauthorized supernatural shenanigans. She swore to herself she wouldn't again get entangled with Eve Starkey's bohemian brother Imp and his crew of transhuman misfits. Yeah, right.

Mary Macandless has powers of her own. Right now she's pretending to be a nanny in order to kidnap the children of a pair of famous, Government-authorized adepts. These children have powers of their own, and Mary Macandless is in way over her head.

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 ©2022 Charles Stross Adventure Fantasy Hard Science Fiction Science Fiction Fiction Scary Paranormal Management Boss
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This direct sequel to Dead Lies Dreaming continues the story of Eve, her brother Imp and his housemates as they try to make sense of their family's secret fate, interwoven with two new plot strands that at first appear to be disparate but seen merge into each other as more secrets are revealed, like the sinister goings-on in a supermarket chain and the tales of a nanny trying to wrestle the kids of a superhero couple into submission without drawing attention to herself or them. The book starts off at a sprint and doesn't stop until the last paragraph of the epilogue.
I want to draw special attention to the narrator, Imogen Church. Her vocal range for the cast of characters is truly mind-boggling, from the hyperactive kids, via the out of her depth SuperNanny to the quietly sinister people in charge, she is a force to be reckoned with and I will be looking out for other books she's narrated. Her performance makes this book even more exciting than the content. Highly recommended.

Exciting plot, superb narration

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the narrator of the previous book in the series really nailed it, and its an amazing book, but this narrator is just… too cringe, everything in overly emphatic tones, distracting but energetic, like a waiter who just won’t leave you alone when you’re just trying to eat… yes its good, but maybe if you shut up for 30 seconds i could focus on the food

Hammy naration

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Sorry, but like many other people here the narrator just didn't work for me. I made it an hour in but I really can't get passed the over this, really doesn't feel like the right fit for this book / genre tbh. Don't know why they changed for book 2 (which is annoying of itself as there is no consistency across the series) but to replace the previous narrator (Homor Todiwala) with such a bad interpretation of the story was not a great move

Poor narrator for subject matter

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It's really hard to rate the story because the narration is so dire. Yeah, I get the whole parody thing, but it'd be much better narrated deadpan. Unfortunately, it sounds like it's being performed for inattentive children who'll wander off unless they're pinned in place by overacting. There are probably books that'd suit Ms Church's style, but this isn't one of them.

Please! The narration...

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Another brilliant tale from the Universe of the Laundry Files & the great Charles Stross. Loses one point for the narrator - who’s dramatic performance occasionally made it hard to hear. But otherwise excellent.

Another brilliant tale from the Universe of the Laundry Files

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