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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100425281175
ISBN-139780425281178
eBay Product ID (ePID)208685048
Product Key Features
Book TitleAnnihilation Score
Number of Pages416 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicFantasy / General, Fantasy / Paranormal, Fantasy / Contemporary, Horror
Publication Year2015
IllustratorYes
GenreFiction
AuthorCharles Stross
Book SeriesA Laundry Files Novel Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.2 in
Item Weight21.7 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2015-002026
ReviewsPraise for the Laundry Files Novels "A bizarre yet effective yoking of the spy and horror genres." -- The Washington Post Book World "A bravura display of intelligent action and real human characters amid eldritch menaces." --S. M. Stirling, New York Times bestselling author of The Desert and the Blade "A terrific pull-no-punches paranormal espionage thriller." -- Alternative Worlds
Dewey Edition23
TitleLeadingThe
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
Series Volume Number6
Dewey Decimal823/.92
SynopsisHugo Award-winning author Charles Stross presents the next case in The Laundry Files, "a weirdly alluring blend of super-spy thriller, deadpan comic fantasy, and Lovecraftian horror" ( Kirkus Reviews ). Dominique O'Brien--her friends call her Mo--lives a curious double life with her husband, Bob Howard. To the average civilian, they're boring middle-aged civil servants. But within the labyrinthian secret circles of Her Majesty's government, they're operatives working for the nation's occult security service known as the Laundry, charged with defending Britain against dark supernatural forces threatening humanity. Mo's latest assignment is assisting the police in containing an unusual outbreak: ordinary citizens suddenly imbued with extraordinary abilities of the super-powered kind. Unfortunately these people prefer playing super-pranks instead of super-heroics. The Mayor of London being levitated by a dumpy man in Trafalgar Square would normally be a source of shared amusement for Mo and Bob, but they're currently separated because something's come between them--something evil. An antique violin, an Erich Zann original, made of human white bone, was designed to produce music capable of slaughtering demons. Mo is the custodian of this unholy instrument. It invades her dreams and yearns for the blood of her colleagues--and her husband. And despite Mo's proficiency as a world class violinist, it cannot be controlled...
LC Classification NumberPR6119.T79A85 2015
