![]() I am a huge Stross, and Laundry, fan, but this is the weakest entry in the series so far. ![]() And despite Mo's proficiency as a world-class violinist, it cannot be controlled. ![]() It invades her dreams and yearns for the blood of her colleagues - and her husband. Mo is the custodian of this unholy instrument. An antique violin, an Erich Zann original, made of human white bone, was designed to produce music capable of slaughtering demons. 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. Unfortunately these people prefer playing superpranks instead of superheroics. Mo's latest assignment is assisting the police in containing an unusual outbreak: ordinary citizens suddenly imbued with extraordinary abilities of the superpowered kind. 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. To the average civilian, they're boring middle-aged civil servants. Dominique O'Brien - her friends call her Mo - lives a curious double life with her husband, Bob Howard. ![]() ![]() Hugo Award-winning author Charles Stross presents the next case in The Laundry Files. ![]()
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