The Apocalypse Codex
A Laundry Files novel
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4.6 • 42 Ratings
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- £3.49
Publisher Description
Bob Howard used to fix computers for the Laundry - the branch of the British Secret Service that deals with otherworldly threats - but those days are over. He's not only been promoted to active service but actually survived missions against cultists, enemy spies and tentacled horrors from other dimensions. Willingly or not, he's on his way up in this dangerous organisation.
When a televangelist with connections to 10 Downing Street seems able to work miracles, the Laundry takes an interest. But an agency that answers to the Prime Minister can't spy on him themselves, and Bob's shadowy superiors come up with a compromise - they hire 'freelancers', with Bob in charge.
British citizens who discover the occult are either forcibly recruited by the Laundry or disposed of, and Bob's never heard of freelancers before. Officially they don't exist. Anyone who's big and bad enough to remain independent is going to be hard to handle, and Bob's not too sure that the one-week 'people management' course he was sent on in Milton Keynes is going to be enough . . .
Customer Reviews
Awesome
An excellent read and a real page turner. If you've read the other three get this book now and be prepared to read through the night!
A sequel too far?
I've been a massive fan of the Laundry series since being pushed to read the "Atrocity Archives" and have loved the play between the modern world and elements of a much older one. Like the excellent "Halting State" (also by the same author) the text is clever and plays many allusions to potential futures based on the present.
However, I do think this is the weakest entry in the series so far, me tries to mix things up a t by expanding the stage on which the books are set but I'm not sure it really works, it feels like the stage is being set for something bigger and better to come, the first act of a play almost.
If you've enjoyed the previous books then you will certainly enjoy it, for my mind there was a lot to like just not as much in previous book.