To the average civilian, they're boring middle-aged civil servants. Dominique O'Brien-her friends call her Mo-lives a curious double life with her husband, Bob Howard. |a 'Hugo Award-winning author Charles Stross presents the next case in the Laundry Files, 'a weirdly alluring blend of superspy thriller, deadpan comic fantasy, and Lovecraftian horror' (Kirkus Reviews). |a The annihilation score : |b a Laundry files novel / |c Charles Stross. |a DLC |b eng |e rda |c DLC |d DLC |d NjBwBT |d GCmBT |d NjBwBT |d SKYRV And despite Mo's proficiency as a world-class violinist, it cannot be controlled.'- Provided by publisher. It invades her dreams and yearns for the blood of her colleagues-and her husband. Mo is the custodian of this unholy instrument. An antique violin, an Erich Zahn original, made of white human bone, was designed to produce music capable of slaughtering demons. The Mayor of London's being levitated by a dumpy man in Trafalgar Square would normally be a source of shared amusement for Mo and Bob, but they're currently separated because something's come between them-something evil. Unfortunately these people prefer playing super-pranks instead of performing super-heroics. Mo's latest assignment is to assist the police in containing an unusual outbreak: ordinary citizens suddenly imbued with extraordinary abilities of the superpowered kind.

But within the labyrinthine secret circles of Her Majesty's Government, they're operatives working for the nation's occult security service known as the Laundry, charged with defending Britain against dark supernatural forces threatening humanity.

'Hugo Award-winning author Charles Stross presents the next case in the Laundry Files, 'a weirdly alluring blend of superspy thriller, deadpan comic fantasy, and Lovecraftian horror' (Kirkus Reviews).