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1 online resource (359 pages). |
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text file rda |
Series |
A laundry files novel |
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Stross, Charles.
Laundry files novel.
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Summary |
"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."-- Provided by publisher. |
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The new manager of an organization tasked with defending England from supernatural threats must stop an outbreak of vampirism at a merchant bank. |
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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.."-- Provided by publisher. |
System Details |
Requires Boundless App. |
Subject |
Intelligence service -- Great Britain.
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Conspiracies -- Fiction.
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Banks and banking -- Fiction.
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Vampires -- Fiction.
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Howard, Bob, Ficticious character.
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Fantasy fiction.
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Banks and banking. |
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Conspiracies. |
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Fantasy fiction. |
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Intelligence service. |
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Vampires. |
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Great Britain. |
Genre |
Science fiction.
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Fiction.
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Electronic books. |
Other Form: |
Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Stross, Charles. Rhesus chart New York : Ace Books, 2014 9780425256862 (DLC) 2013048131 (OCoLC)861478695 |
ISBN |
9780698140288 : $23.97 |
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0698140281 : $23.97 |
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