The Rhesus Chart
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.18 (605 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00LH07RTO |
| Format Type | : | |
| Number of Pages | : | 464 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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"3 1/2 stars. The series has lost its 5-star magic. Three and a half stars. I was dead set on three, but with the last fifty pages, I bumped it up to four.If you're a Laundry fan you'll want to read this one for the overall series story arc. There are developments between Bob & Mo and in Bob's career track that you'll need to know.From what I see of the other reviews, I wasn't the only one to find that plot points already established in this book, as well as character and series background, were repeated more than once within this book. I get that Stross has to tell new readers about the Laundry and Bob from one book to the . 1/2 stars. The series has lost its 5-star magic." according to DED. Three and a half stars. I was dead set on three, but with the last fifty pages, I bumped it up to four.If you're a Laundry fan you'll want to read this one for the overall series story arc. There are developments between Bob & Mo and in Bob's career track that you'll need to know.From what I see of the other reviews, I wasn't the only one to find that plot points already established in this book, as well as character and series background, were repeated more than once within this book. I get that Stross has to tell new readers about the Laundry and Bob from one book to the . "Stross gives us another episode of HM Really Secret Service" according to Dr. F. S. Ledgister. Stross gives us another episode of HM Really Secret Service or (HM Occult Service). This time there are vampires, or in the official acronym PHANGs. Except getting bitten by them gives you Mad Cow Disease. Oh, and one of them was once Bob Howard's Girlfriend from Hell. We watch as Bob deals with the intelligence bureaucracy on the one hand, the problems of marriage on the other, and working for an intelligence service that deals with eldritch horrors on the third hand. He probably wishes he had three hands to deal with the paperwork.If there is a category for this novel it . Michael D. Sweeney said A "betweener" entry for the series. Not the best of the Laundry series. Charlie started with a uber-geek meets underpaid civil service of the very British early cold war kind of spy fiction, plus of course Cthulhu. As Bob has risen in rank and the stars have come closer and closer to "being right" Charlie has been visibly searching for a direction to take the series.And in this one the McGuffin is vampires. Not my favorite subject anyhow. The thing he seems to have the most fun with is what is practically the Arc Words for the novel; "Everyone knows vampires don't exist." The way this develops is almost Larry
But shining a light on things best left in the shadows is the last thing Bob wants to do - especially when those shadows hide an occult parasite spreading a deadly virus. While his department is tangled up in bureaucratic red tape (and Buffy reruns), debating how to stop the rash of vampirism, Bob digs deeper into the bank's history - only to uncover a bloodcurdling conspiracy between men and monsters.. As a newly appointed junior manager within the Laundry - the clandestine organization responsible for protecting Britain against supernatural threats - Bob Howard is expected to show some initiative to help the agency battle the forces of darkness. Traders employed by a merchant bank in London are showing signs of infection - an array of unusual sym