The Nightmare Stacks (Hardcover) by Charles Stross

from orkydd

Charlie Stross reboots the Laundry series as neophyte operative Alex Schwartz comes to terms with being seconded into the British Government's secretive paranormal defence establishment. This is the second volume in which readers have seen Bob Howard on sabbatical (having been powered up to such ...

from rivkat

Out and about with a young vampire initiate into the Laundry, instead of Bob and Mo. He's pretty gormless, except for being a math wizard-and that's literal, with the Laundry. The plot is essentially: superpowered elvish princess comes to prepare the way for her people's invasion, then falls in l...

from adamwolf

I really liked this.I was skeptical of the viewpoint change--it was fine.I had a few reservations while reading. I didn't think C***** was fleshed out as a character enough in our world--but then again, she was wearing someone else's face and memories. I thought Alex's family aversion was a littl...

from Shrike58

I'm assuming that you've read at least some of the previous books in the series with this review. With this seventh book in the story of looming supernatural disaster for the Human world we get a further installment of what that event might look like, as dark elves with a perfected system of comb...

from rlsalvati

** slight spoiler alert ** A great, fun read in this series. Alex, the twenty-something PHANG narrator, is a mostly self-centered, semi-competent young man trying to navigate his condition, his low-paid, involuntary civil service position at The Laundry, and living in the same city as his parents...