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OverviewNEVER VOLUNTEER FOR ACTIVE DUTY. . . Bob Howard is a low-level techie working for a super-secret government agency. While his colleagues are out saving the world, Bob's under a desk restoring lost data. None of them receive any thanks for the jobs they do, but at least a techie doesn't risk getting shot or eaten in the line of duty. His world was dull and safe; but then he went and got Noticed. Now, Bob Howard is up to his neck in spycraft, alternative universes, dimension-hopping terrorists, ancient Lovecraftian horrors and the end of the world. Only one thing is certain: it will take more than control+alt+delete to sort this mess out. . . Full Product DetailsAuthor: Charles StrossPublisher: Little, Brown Book Group Imprint: Orbit Volume: 1 Dimensions: Width: 12.90cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 19.80cm Weight: 0.246kg ISBN: 9780356502397ISBN 10: 0356502392 Pages: 352 Publication Date: 02 July 2013 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsFerociously enjoyable -- SFX Alternately chilling and hilarious -- PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Stross at the top of his game - which is to say, few do it better -- KIRKUS Charles Stross owns this field, and his vast, cool intellect has launched yet another mad, sly entertainment that will strangle the hell out of anything else on offer right now -- Warren Ellis, author of Transmetropolitan Brilliantly disturbing and funny at the same time -- Ben Aaronovitch, author of RIVERS OF LONDON Author InformationAuthor Website: www.antipope.org/charlieCharles Stross is a full-time science fiction writer, living in Edinburgh, Scotland. He's won two Hugo Awards and been nominated many times over, and his books have been translated all over the world. He's currently working on the fifth volume of the Laundry Files, ''The Rhesus Chart'' and he can be found on Twitter at @cstross or at his website www.antipope.org/charlie. Tab Content 6Author Website: www.antipope.org/charlieCountries AvailableAll regions |