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The Apocalypse Codex - Charles Stross
The Apocalypse Codex
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For outstanding heroism in the field (despite himself), computational demonologist Bob Howard is on the fast track for promotion to management within the Laundry, the supersecret British government agency tasked with defending the realm from occult threats. Assigned to External Assets, Bob... show more
For outstanding heroism in the field (despite himself), computational demonologist Bob Howard is on the fast track for promotion to management within the Laundry, the supersecret British government agency tasked with defending the realm from occult threats. Assigned to External Assets, Bob discovers the company (unofficially) employs freelance agents to deal with sensitive situations that may embarrass Queen and Country.   So when Ray Schiller—an American televangelist with the uncanny ability to miraculously heal the ill—becomes uncomfortably close to the Prime Minister, External Assets dispatches the brilliant, beautiful, and entirely unpredictable Persephone Hazard to infiltrate the Golden Promise Ministries and discover why the preacher is so interested in British politics. And it’s Bob’s job to make sure Persephone doesn’t cause an international incident.   But it’s a supernatural incident that Bob needs to worry about—a global threat even the Laundry may be unable to clean up…  
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780425256435 (042525643X)
ASIN: 042525643X
Publisher: Ace
Pages no: 368
Edition language: English
Series: Laundry Files (#4)
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bookaneer
bookaneer rated it
3.0 Hotel Room 404: Not Found
~~Moved from GR~~ The Apocalypse Codex by Charles Stross After his last job as the tethered goat for a bunch of insane apocalypse-desiring cultists, Bob Howard, computational demonologist, is hoping for a little rest and relaxation so that he can try to shake his recent partial transformation in...
Arbie's Unoriginally Titled Book Blog
Arbie's Unoriginally Titled Book Blog rated it
3.0
Another of Stross's maths = magic and Cthulhu is just waiting to eat your soul for a light snack before dinner novels in which an out-of-his-depth secret agent tries to save us all from the horrors on the other side of reality. Except that this is book four an playing the whole plucky reluctant hero...
Brainycat's Occaisonal Reviews
Brainycat's Occaisonal Reviews rated it
3.0 The Apocalypse Codex
Brainycat's 5 "B"s:boobs: 0blood: 3bombs: 2bondage: 0 blasphemy: 4I'm a big fan of all of Stross's work, but I was just a bit disappointed with this installment of the the Laundry Files. I was really hoping that he'd start mixing up the formula a little bit. It is nice to see Bob developing as a cha...
halfmanhalfbook
halfmanhalfbook rated it
4.0 The Apocalypse Codex (A Laundry Files Novel)
Have read the odd Stross before, and picked this up before realising it is the fourth in a series.The main character is a member of a very secret Uk government organisation called the Laundry. They deal with threats from the 'otherworld'. He is tasked with following a American evangelist who is taki...
Libromancer's Apprentice
Libromancer's Apprentice rated it
5.0 The Apocalypse Codex (A Laundry Files Novel)
This series still has the voice I love, but is overall becoming more bleak and filled with impending doom.
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