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The Rhesus Chart

By: Charles Stross
Narrated by: Gideon Emery
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As a newly appointed junior manager within the Laundry - the clandestine organization responsible for protecting Britain against supernatural threats - Bob Howard is expected to show some initiative to help the agency battle the forces of darkness. But shining a light on things best left in the shadows is the last thing Bob wants to do - especially when those shadows hide an occult parasite spreading a deadly virus. Traders employed by a merchant bank in London are showing signs of infection - an array of unusual symptoms such as superstrength and -speed, an uncanny talent for mind control, an extreme allergic reaction to sunlight, and an unquenchable thirst for blood. While his department is tangled up in bureaucratic red tape (and Buffy reruns), debating how to stop the rash of vampirism, Bob digs deeper into the bank’s history - only to uncover a bloodcurdling conspiracy between men and monsters.…

©2014 Charles Stross (P)2014 Recorded Books

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Stross's best so far

This is the best in the Laundry files. I can't wait for the next in the series.

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Another great entry in this series.

This is an amazing series. I love the mix of occult, spy, and modern tech all into a story that's hard to put down. I can't wait for there to be more!

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Great book

Great story and a little heartbreaking. Gideon Emery is a masterful storyteller with an amazing command of voice.

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Flabby

Unlike many other reviewers, I enjoyed the previous installment (the Apocalypse Codex) much more than this one. This book stalls on the action, repeats exposition like its on a loop, overloads on soliloquy, and has a few disorienting jumps that break the flow. Gideon Emry's narration is spot on as always, but it couldnt save this one for me.

I like the Laundry books for their mix of Lovecraftian horror, detective and spy tropes, wry humor, and office politics. I have listened to each installment several times each. The Rhesus Chart disappoints me, though. If you were hoping for 90% office politics, then this book is for you. I would have a hard time recommending this one to anyone but committed Laundry fans.

This book srtuck me as flabby; it would have been twice as good if it was half as long.

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