Series: Book 5 in the Laundry Files series
Rating: Not rated
Tags: Science Fiction, Lang:en
Summary
As a newly appointed junior manager within the Laundry
— the clandestine organization responsible for protecting
Britain against supernatural threats — Bob Howard is
expected to show some initiative to help the agency battle the
forces of darkness. But shining a light on things best left in
the shadows is the last thing Bob wants to do —
especially when those shadows hide an occult parasite spreading
a deadly virus.
Traders employed by a merchant bank in London are showing
signs of infection — an array of unusual symptoms such as
superstrength and -speed, an uncanny talent for mind control,
an extreme allergic reaction to sunlight, and an unquenchable
thirst for blood. While his department is tangled up in
bureaucratic red tape (and
Buffy reruns), debating how to stop the rash of
vampirism, Bob digs deeper into the bank’s history
— only to uncover a bloodcurdling conspiracy between men
and monsters...