I started reading this at Philcon (after buying it there), where Charlie was the Guest of Honor -- I thought that was appropriate.It's the sequel to The Atrocity Archives, though this one is more of a James Bond parody, while Archives was a weird Len Deighton thing. (Both are semi-serious, and show that Stross is the one and true heir of H.P. Lovecraft.) I love them to death; they're my favorite Stross books, and this one is even better than Archives. (Though he did cheat in his twist at the end of the novel -- yes, I suppose the geas could be twisted that way, but the plot the geas was following would not focus on anyone but the "main character" for any extended period of time.)
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