The Jennifer Morgue

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The Jennifer Morgue

Author:	Charles Stross
Publisher:	Ace Books, 2006 Golden Gryphon Press, 2006
Series:	The Laundry Files: Book 2
0. Equoid 0. Overtime 0. Down on the Farm 0. Pimpf 0. The Concrete Jungle 1. The Atrocity Archives 2. The Jennifer Morgue 3. The Fuller Memorandum 4. The Apocalypse Codex 5. The Rhesus Chart 6. The Annihilation Score 7. The Nightmare Stacks 8. The Delirium Brief 9. The Labyrinth Index 10. Dead Lies Dreaming 11. Quantum of Nightmares 12. Escape From Yokai Land 13. Season of Skulls
Book Type:	Novel
Genre:	Fantasy / Horror
Sub-Genre Tags:	Lovecraftian/Cthulhu Mythos Humorous Horror Occult
Awards:	2007 Locus F Nominated
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Synopsis

Bob Howard - a T-shirt wearing computer geek and field agent for the super-secret British government agency The Laundry - must save the world from eldritch horrors, codenamed Jennifer Morgue, in this fast-paced spy thriller. Bob's current mission is to stop the evil Ellis Billington from achieving world domination, but he must overcome obstacles including the Gravedust device, which permits communication with the dead; destiny-entanglement protocol; banishment weapons; and Ramona Random, a lethal but beautiful agent for the U.S. counterpart to The Laundry. Billington plans to raise the eldritch horror Jennifer Morgue from the vasty deeps, and communicate with a dead warrior for the purpose of ruling the world.

Blending physics and applied mathematics with the practice of summoning and demonology, this spy-meets-horror novel will keep sci-fi fans on the edge of their seats.

This volume also includes a bonus story, "Pimpf," featuring The Laundry agent Bob Howard in the world of virtual gaming, as well as an afterword entitled "The Golden Age of Spying."