Hardcover, 320 pages
English language
Published Feb. 23, 2010 by Ace.
нудне... можливо, помилкою було читати три книжки серії поспіль, без перерв?
So. Much. Fun.
Not as grindingly (in a good way) trivial as the first book's address of some components, but a different variation that's well worth while too.
I quite enjoyed this book. It takes place a couple years after the events of The Jennifer Morgue, and once again Howard is drawn into a dangerous and complex web of intrigue by his superiors. Armed with only his shiny new smartphone, Bob Howard is forced to face off against the undead, ancient horrors, and worst of all, the bureaucrats within the Laundry itself.
I think this book may even have flowed better than The Jennifer Morgue, and I was pleasantly surprised by the book overall. I was worried that Stross wouldn't be able to keep it entertaining without being able to parody the Bond mythos like he did in the previous book, but the book was fast-paced, well-written and quite funny.
He still does the occasional POV shift this time, but he does a better job of making it flow within the structure of the story.
