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The Nightmare Stacks

A Laundry Files Novel

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The Nightmare Stacks

By: Charles Stross
Narrated by: Jack Hawkins
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About this listen

Alex Schwartz had a great job and a promising future - until he caught an unfortunate bout of vampirism and agreed (on pain of death) to join the Laundry, Britain's only counter-occult secret intelligence agency. His first assignment is in Leeds - his old hometown. But the thought of telling his parents he's lost his job, let alone their discovering his 'condition', is causing Alex almost as much anxiety as his new lifestyle of supernatural espionage. His only saving grace is Cassie Brewer, a student from the local Goth Festival who flirts with him despite his fear of sunlight (and girls). But Cassie has secrets of her own - secrets that make Alex's nightlife seem positively normal.

©2016 Charles Stross (P)2017 Little Brown Book Group Espionage Science Fiction Spies & Politics Thriller & Suspense Fiction Fantasy Paranormal

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Just works from start to finish, well narrated and well written, with some decent insights

Great story

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I found the description of human society from an outsider's point of view intriguing . I also thought that to bring to the for front what have been minor characters is a way of refreshing the world this series is based in.

My favorite in the series so far.

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A different protagonist this time, Alex, a survivor of the group of PHANGs originally encountered in The Rhesus Chart. Excellent story, well narrated!

Another fantastic installment of the Laundry saga

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Best series of books that I have ever listened to. Witty and creative plot, love the whole "life as a civil service magic specialist" thing.

Wonderful

Absolutely wonderful stuff

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Well, this is a huge improvement on the last book, even if Jack Hawkins also has some issues with various accents, and Cassie has a rather flat personality.
I like the fact that the storyline starts off with scientific analysis bleeding into Magic, instead of just announcing that superheroes are a thing and assembling the Justice League.
Being honest though, I am missing the first person irony of Bob, hopefully the next one brings him back and we get to hear about all those adventures that are being mentioned in the background.

Some thrilling action and some slightly flat characters

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