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Season of Skulls

The New Management, Book 3

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Season of Skulls

By: Charles Stross
Narrated by: Imogen Church
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Welcome to Britain under the New Management! The Prime Minister is an eldritch god of unimaginable power. Crime is plummeting as almost every offense is punishable by death. And everywhere you look, there are people with strange powers, some of which they can control, and some, not so much.

Hyperorganised and formidable, Eve Starkey defeated her boss, the louche magical adept and billionaire Rupert de Montfort Bigge, in a supernatural duel to the death. At least, she has reason to hope he's dead. But though she's now in charge of the Bigge Corporation, she's not free of him yet. Through the fecklessness of her brother Imp, combined with the intricate feudal law of a tiny Channel Island, it would appear that unbeknownst to her, she was married to Bigge - and that proving his death and releasing herself from his arcane bindings will take years and cost millions. Then an emissary of the Prime Minister arrives with an offer that she absolutely can't...well, you know.

This is the final novel in the Laundry Files spin-off trilogy that began with Dead Lies Dreaming and continued with Quantum of Nightmares.

©2023 Charles Stross (P)2023 Hachette Audio UK Adventure Hard Science Fiction Science Fiction Fiction Scary

Critic reviews

"Grim, hilarious, inventive." (Tamsyn Muir)
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While I really miss the laundry and those characters, not to mention London’s reading, and wish the author hadn’t taken us down such a dark path, I’m still really enjoying these latest instalments

Good romp

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Great fun. I wish it had another five chapters! Can’t wait for the next one.

The new world is growing on me

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If you’ve been following this series then you’re in for a treat as so many plot lines come together. So funny and fast moving. Great job by Imogen Church too in bringing the characters to life!

Great story

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Loved it, another imagination trip from Charlie.

Recording, no - volume all over the place. Tip: use a compressor!

Great story - poor recording

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With Evelyn Starky as the main protagonist, this book looks at the fate of women and how much it has and has not changed.

An excellent edition to the laundry files universe.

Sometimes you have to go backwards to go forwards.

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