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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. None of them receive any thanks for the jobs they do, but at least a techie doesn't risk getting shot or eaten in the line of duty. His world was dull and safe; but then he went and got Noticed.

Now, Bob Howard is up to his neck in spycraft, alternative universes, dimension-hopping terrorists, ancient Lovecraftian horrors and the end of the world. Only one thing is certain: it will take more than control+alt+delete to sort this mess out. . .

“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

Charles Stross is a full-time science fiction writer, living in Edinburgh, Scotland. He's won two Hugo Awards and been nominated many times over, and his books have been translated all over the world. He's currently working on the fifth volume of the Laundry Files, ''The Rhesus Chart'' and he can be found on Twitter at @cstross or at his website

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, alternative universes, dimension-hopping terrorists, monstrous elder gods and the end of the world. Only one thing is certain: it will take more than control+alt+delete to sort this mess out . . . This is the first novel in The Laundry Files. Praise for this series: 'TREMENDOUSLY GOOD, GEEKY FUN' Telegraph 'A WEIRDLY ALLURING BLEND OF SUPERSPY THRILLER, DEADPAN COMIC FANTASY AND LOVECRAFTIAN HORROR.' Kirkus Reviews

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. None of them receive any thanks for the jobs they do, but at least a techie doesn't risk getting shot or eaten in the line of duty. His world was dull and safe; but then he went and got Noticed.Now, Bob Howard is up to his neck in spycraft, alternative universes, dimension-hopping terrorists, ancient Lovecraftian horrors and the end of the world. Only one thing is certain: it will take more than control+alt+delete to sort this mess out. . .

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