The Atrocity Archives by Charles Stross

My rating: 4 of 5 stars


This is the first book in an urban fantasy series that focuses on the top-secret British Government security organization that deals with magic and paranormal threats. The name Laundry Files comes from the fact that the code name for the organization is the Laundry. It reads like two novellas that were combined into a novel, but I didn’t find that distracting, just curious. The main character is a computer geek, Robert Howard, who gets involved with this group prior to the events in the novel through some misadventures. He is a cog in a bureacratic organzation by now, and a lot of the book involves a satire on all bureaucratic organizations, which I liked. Other than that, the book has magic, Nazis, and modern terrorist groups. What’s not to like with that? Not a classic that will live forever, but an enjoyable romp if you are a) a geek; and b) enjoy urban fantasy.



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