Quantum of Nightmares

Laundry Files, Book 11

By: Charles Stross

Narrated by: Gideon Emery

A unique blend of espionage thrills and Lovecraftian horror, Hugo Award–winning author Charles Stross's Laundry Files continues with Quantum of Nightmares.

It’s a brave new Britain under the New Management. The avuncular Prime Minister is an ancient 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.

Hyperorganized 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’s transhuman abilities have gotten her through many a scrape. Now she’s gainfully employed 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 superheroes. These children have powers of their own, and Mary Macandless is in way over her head.

Amanda Sullivan is the HR manager of a minor grocery chain, much oppressed by her glossy blonde boss—who is cooking up an appalling, extralegal scheme literally involving human flesh.

All of these stories will come together, with world-bending results …

©2022 Charles Stross (P)2022 Recorded Books

always entertaining

Not my favorite of the series but I love the tongue-in-cheek and irreverent humor and excellent turns of phrase.

good fun

after Dead Lied Dreaming I was not looking forward to another book with this cast of characters. however, the problems with dld (being bloated with descriptions of the contents of rooms, and characters that are indistinguishable until halfway through the book for example) are all resolved in this novel. action, good mystery, and some magical fun reappear in this book. there are a lot of characters to keep up with, but most of them are very enjoyable.

Back to form!

Quite entertaining! Great characters built on from previous book and now a great story and lots of fun too.

work while you listen.

I liked it, worked and listened, Not deep, ate up the day. Worth the listen, that's all.

the new management is up to speed

the 2nd book of the new series has come into it's own! the series had a bit of a slow start but I have to say this is a wonderful read. the pacing is superb on par with the fuller memorandum. definitely renewed my interest even without Bob or Pinky around. give it a try please!