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Quantum of Nightmares: Book 2 of the New Management, a series set in the world of the Laundry Files Hardcover – 13 Jan. 2022

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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

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A new adventure begins in the bestselling world of the Laundry Files: a nightmarish vision of a Britain where magic has gone mainstream . . .

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Charles Stross is a full-time science fiction writer and resident of Edinburgh, Scotland. The author of seven Hugo-nominated novels and winner of three Hugo awards for best novella, two of which are part of the Laundry Files series, Stross's works have been translated into over twelve languages. As the owner of degrees in pharmacy and computer science, he graduated as the world's only academically qualified cyberpunk writer just as cyberpunk died. Today he describes his job as telling lies for money and tormenting his imaginary friends. Follow his blog at http://www.accelerando.org/ and his Twitter feed at @cstross.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Orbit (13 Jan. 2022)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 368 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0356516938
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0356516936
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 14.4 x 4.2 x 21.8 cm

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Charles Stross, 50, is a full-time science fiction writer and resident of Edinburgh, Scotland. The author of six Hugo-nominated novels and winner of the 2005, 2010, and 2015 Hugo awards for best novella, Stross's works have been translated into over twelve languages.

Like many writers, Stross has had a variety of careers, occupations, and job-shaped-catastrophes in the past, from pharmacist (he quit after the second police stake-out) to first code monkey on the team of a successful dot-com startup (with brilliant timing he tried to change employer just as the bubble burst).

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Mr. S. RAFFERTY

Stross at his finest

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Every time I read a book by Charles Stross it makes me question whether in fact our reality is that far removed from his fiction. No we dont have a tzompantli atop of Marble Arch but I do wonder whether our current government is protected by some powerful glamour. Data is the new magic and the more that we invest in technology so our lives are more manipulated and controlled without us even being aware of it. Mega-companies are the new church / cults with followers blindly following and buying anything and everything that they produce, blindly and unquestioningly. Back to the book, it is a fantastic progression into the world under the new management and how life could be under an ultra-authoritarian dictatorship where the poor have no voice. Almost a modern take on Soylent Green.

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Ian Bertram

All the fantasies of QAnon made flesh and turned up to 11

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Although often funny this is a bitter Swiftian parody of our present situation. The first volume of the 'New Management' books was a big step away from the Laundry series, but this takes everything to a new level, taking all the fantasies of QAnon up to 11 or even higher.

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Good but

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I still miss the laundry files, Bob and the crew. Simpler times maybe, but characters I actually liked.
Worth it if you're already invested though, part of the cult of the poet Stross perhaps!

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it is sci-fi fantasy horror in a new series associated to the laundry files

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reading more of this interesting series.

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Not like the Nanny Mary you know

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A very good multiple storyline episode taking us deeper into the world of the New Management. The terror of having a capable other worldly horror at the top of the British government. We follow a variety of people trying to make the best of having unsuitable managers or being unfortunate choices in joining a corporate career ladder. This is joined by enough tech to keep any Rainbow Six or Call of Duty player entertained. Oh and you may never look at sausages the same way again.

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STRONG AND STABLE!! ALL GLORY TO THE NEW MANAGEMENT!!!

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Another wonderful book from Stross. The satire is getting stronger but looking at British politics and society how could it not be. All the wit and chaos you expect from the Laundry series. The horror is the recognisable 21st century Britain. Turning the unemployed into cheap food; there's a Tory manifesto promise right there. The cruelty is the point...

JUCHE BRITANNIA!! BREXIT MEANS BREXIT!! STRONG AND STABLE!! ALL GLORY TO THE NEW MANAGEMENT!!! IÄ! IÄ! CTHULHU PTHAGHN!!!

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Stross is a master of monsters

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A fast ride through a terrifying alternate universe, where the Elder Gods are not only real, they’re in government.
Superheroes, sort-of-magic, truly bent literary references and some pretty sick imaginings, make this a fun read. A
The whole series is highly recommended.

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Excellent twisted occult romp

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Of course anything by Charles Stross is pretty much guaranteed to be wonderful and this is no exception. I found it a little slow to begin, but as the pace picked up I was totally gripped. The New Management books lack the laugh out loud humour of the Laundry Files books, but it's witty, clever and often deeply horrific.

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