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Quantum of Nightmares

The New Management, Book 2

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Quantum of Nightmares

By: Charles Stross
Narrated by: Imogen Church
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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....

©2022 Charles Stross (P)2022 Hachette Audio UK Adventure Fantasy Hard Science Fiction Science Fiction Fiction Paranormal Management Boss

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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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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.

Exciting plot, superb narration

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the narrator of the previous book in the series really nailed it, and its an amazing book, but this narrator is just… too cringe, everything in overly emphatic tones, distracting but energetic, like a waiter who just won’t leave you alone when you’re just trying to eat… yes its good, but maybe if you shut up for 30 seconds i could focus on the food

Hammy naration

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Usual quality from Stross, but sorry Imogen, you’re talented but the voices you do for some of the characters… are just far, far too high pitched..they absolutely grated on my nerves😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 Had to turn the volume right down just to get through them. Made it to the end…because I’m determined! But not an enjoyable listen.

Narrator…just way too screechy !

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I have the audiobook of every Laundry File to date and Imogen Church’s performance has been the best by far. Tremendous passion, a variety of tones and a sardonic sense that’s been missing from the rest of the series. I found the last Laundry novel, Dead Lies Dreaming, to be a bit of a trudge to listen to and doubt I’ll listen to it again. But I will absolutely listen to this novel again due to Ms. Church’s performance.

Best narration EVER!

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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.

a great romp

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