Things are looking very dicey for Bob Howard (aka, The Eater of Souls) and the super-secret British agency The Laundry which fights occult threats. A televangelist is now the pawn of a Lovecraftean Elder God called The Sleeper. But The Sleeper is waking up and all hell is breaking loose in the U.S. and now England. Part of the problem is The Laundry is being “replaced” by a private security firm run by The Sleeper’s minions. After all the bureaucratic mumbo-jumbo, Charles Stross delivers 100-page epic battle. If you’re fan of spy fiction and the occult, this mashup will satisfy you. GRADE: B+
THE LAUNDRY SERIES:
The Atrocity Archives (2004, ISBN 1-930846-25-8) Also contains the extra story “The Concrete Jungle,” Best Novella winner, 2005 Hugo Awards
The Jennifer Morgue (2006, ISBN 1-930846-45-2 – set around three years after “The Concrete Jungle”) Also contains the extra story “Pimpf”
“Down on the Farm” (2008 novelette – set about two years after “Pimpf”) available online
The Fuller Memorandum (2010, ISBN 1-84149-770-3 – set about eight years after The Atrocity Archives)
“Overtime” (2009 novelette – set about five months after The Fuller Memorandum) available online
The Apocalypse Codex (2012 – set about nine months after The Fuller Memorandum)
“Equoid” (2013 novelette – Takes place after the events of Down on the Farm, before the events of The Fuller Memorandum) available online
The Rhesus Chart, (2014, ISBN 978-0-425-25686-2)
The Annihilation Score (2015, ISBN 978-0-356-50531-2)
The Nightmare Stacks (2016, ISBN 978-0-425-28119-2)
The Delirium Brief (2017, ISBN 978-0765394668)
The Labyrinth Index (probably 2019?)