Quantum of Nightmares
The New Management, Book 2
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Imogen Church
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Charles Stross
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It's a brave new Britain under the New Management. The Prime Minister is an eldritch god of unimaginable power. Crime is plummeting as almost every offense is punishable by death. And everywhere you look, there are people with strange powers, some of which they can control, and some, not so much.
Hyperorganised and formidable, Eve Starkey defeated her boss, the louche magical adept and billionaire Rupert de Montfort Bigge, in a supernatural duel to the death. Now she's in charge of the Bigge Corporation, just in time to discover the lethal trap Rupert set for her long ago....
Wendy Deere is investigating unauthorized supernatural shenanigans. She swore to herself she wouldn't again get entangled with Eve Starkey's bohemian brother, Imp, and his crew of transhuman misfits. Yeah, right.
Mary Macandless has powers of her own. Right now she's pretending to be a nanny in order to kidnap the children of a pair of famous, Government-authorized adepts. These children have powers of their own, and Mary Macandless is in way over her head.
All of these stories will come together, with world-bending results....
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"For all of Stross's genuine ability to spook and dismay, The Laundry Files are some of the most tremendously humane books I've ever read." (Tamsyn Muir, author of Gideon the Ninth)
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- spicera
- 20-06-22
So much fun
I'll admit I was nervous about the new Laundry series, but this was rip-roaring fun. I want more of these characters please. The narration was spot on too.
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- 01-06-22
Poor narrator for subject matter
Sorry, but like many other people here the narrator just didn't work for me. I made it an hour in but I really can't get passed the over this, really doesn't feel like the right fit for this book / genre tbh. Don't know why they changed for book 2 (which is annoying of itself as there is no consistency across the series) but to replace the previous narrator (Homor Todiwala) with such a bad interpretation of the story was not a great move
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- Mr. S. M. Hartley
- 03-02-22
Really enjoyed this latest Laundryverse novel
Great book, with another fun outing in the Laundry universe, but especially blown away by the great narration.
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- Dylan
- 02-05-22
a great romp
Mary Poppins with dinosaurs and machine guns and all kinds of horrid beasties and nasty religious loonies. The ending was quite predictable but the romp was immense fun and the humour got me giggling. It needed excellent narration to work, and got it. A great book when you want a ride with old tropes in new hats and really don't want to think.
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- Laura Ketteridge
- 15-09-24
narrator is excellent
The narrator is excellent; she has all the voices and very good dynamics. Brings the story very much to life.
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- Miss M Lewis
- 16-01-22
Great story spoiled by hammy narration
I love this series of books, but this narrator is terrible! Overdone and hammed up to an intrusive degree.
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- karohemd
- 18-01-22
Exciting plot, superb narration
This direct sequel to Dead Lies Dreaming continues the story of Eve, her brother Imp and his housemates as they try to make sense of their family's secret fate, interwoven with two new plot strands that at first appear to be disparate but seen merge into each other as more secrets are revealed, like the sinister goings-on in a supermarket chain and the tales of a nanny trying to wrestle the kids of a superhero couple into submission without drawing attention to herself or them. The book starts off at a sprint and doesn't stop until the last paragraph of the epilogue.
I want to draw special attention to the narrator, Imogen Church. Her vocal range for the cast of characters is truly mind-boggling, from the hyperactive kids, via the out of her depth SuperNanny to the quietly sinister people in charge, she is a force to be reckoned with and I will be looking out for other books she's narrated. Her performance makes this book even more exciting than the content. Highly recommended.
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- Mac Man
- 24-01-22
Excellent narration
Good story made great by Imogen Church’s narration. Her voice characterisations really made this book for me.
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- V. O'Regan
- 16-01-22
Excellent on every count
This was just amazing and a perfect combination of comic horror fantasy that left me almost crying with laughter. Special note of how well the narrator voiced Mary and the Banks children
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- mike spencer
- 01-02-22
Quantum of nightmares.
Couldn't get past first 5 mins... Childish narration.. Waste of money.
If the book is audible. I usually enjoy this author.
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