Synopses & Reviews
The name is Howard. Bob Howard. Please don't hurt me... Bob Howard, geekish demonology hacker for The Laundry, must stop a ruthless billionaire from unleashing an eldritch horror, codenamed "Jennifer Morgue" from the ocean's depths for the purpose of ruling the world...
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"If this keeps up, 'Strossian' is going to become a sci-fi adjective." The Kansas City Star
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"Stross packs this new novel full of hilarious in-jokes and frenetic set pieces." San Francisco Chronicle
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"The Jennifer Morgue is Stross's most entertaining novel to date....Astonishing." Locus
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"One of the most enjoyable novels of the year....Stross steps carefully through all of the archetypes of a classic Bond adventure without ever becoming predictable. The resolution is as perfect as it is unexpected." Jonathan Strahan, editor of the annual Best Short Novels anthology series
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"A brauvera display of intelligent action and real human characters amid eldritch menaces!" S. M. Stirling, author, Island in the Sea of Time trilogy
Synopsis
Bob Howard, geekish demonology hacker extraordinaire for "The Laundry," must stop ruthless billionaire Ellis Billington from unleashing an eldritch horror, codenamed "Jennifer Morgue," from the ocean's depths for the purpose of ruling the world.
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The name is Howard. Bob Howard. Please don't hurt me...
Saving the world from evil is a 24/7 job--No overtime pay included.
Ruthless software billionaire Ellis Billington has unearthed a device that will enable him to raise an eldritch horror, codenamed "JENNIFER MORGUE," from the ocean's depth for the purpose of ruling the world.
Thwarting his devious plan is a job for the Laundry. And since James Bond doesn't work for the Laundry, it's up to Bob Howard, geekish demonology hacker extraordinaire. His mission is to inveigle his way aboard Billington's yacht and stop him, while fending off the beautiful and deadly Ramona Random, an American agent with her own agenda...
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Bob Howard — a T-shirt-wearing computer geek and field agent for the super-secret British government agency The Laundry — must save the world from eldritch horrors, code-named Jennifer Morgue, in this fast-paced spy thriller.
Synopsis
The name is Howard. Bob Howard. Please don't hurt me... Bob Howard, geekish demonology hacker for The Laundry, must stop a ruthless billionaire from unleashing an eldritch horror, codenamed Jennifer Morgue, from the ocean's depths for the purpose of ruling the world...
About the Author
Charles Stross is a full-time writer who was born in Leeds, England in 1964. He studied in London and Bradford, gaining degrees in pharmacy and computer science, and has worked in a variety of jobs, including pharmacist, technical author, software engineer, and freelance journalist.