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The Labyrinth Index

Laundry Files, Book 9

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The Labyrinth Index

By: Charles Stross
Narrated by: Laurence Bouvard
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Britain is under New Management. The disbanding of the Laundry - the British espionage agency that deals with supernatural threats - has culminated in the unthinkable: an elder god in residence in 10 Downing Street.

But in true 'the enemy of my enemy' fashion, Mhari Murphy finds herself working with His Excellency Nylarlathotep on foreign policy - there are worse things, it seems, than an elder god in power, and they lie in deepest, darkest America.

A thousand-mile-wide storm system has blanketed the Midwest, and the president is nowhere to be found. Mhari must lead a task force of disgraced Laundry personnel into the storm front to discover the truth. But working for an elder god is never easy, and as the stakes rise, Mhari will soon question exactly where her loyalties really lie.

2019, Hugo Award for Best Series, Short-listed

©2018 Charles Stross (P)2018 Hachette Audio UK Adventure Science Fiction Fiction

Critic Reviews

Brilliantly disturbing and funny at the same time (Ben Aaronovitch, author of RIVERS OF LONDON)
Charles Stross owns this field, and his vast, cool intellect has launched yet another mad, sly entertainment that will strangle the hell out of anything else on offer right now (Warren Ellis, author of Transmetropolitan)
Stross at the top of his game - which is to say, few do it better (KIRKUS)
Alternately chilling and hilarious (PUBLISHERS WEEKLY)
Ferociously enjoyable (SFX)
All stars
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The story is just what I’d expect of a Laundry Files novel: fast paced, geeky creepy and a lot of fun. I just wish that for a story whose main characters are British, they could have got a narrator whose attempts at British accents were less cringeworthy. I still enjoyed listening to this book, but the awful "British" accents (that would likely only sound good to an American) were honestly a bit of a slog to my ears.

Story great, not keen on narrator

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I am enjoying the series BUT needed to force myself to finish this one. I will not listen to any books by this grating narrator

Terrible narrator

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The accents were done so badly I couldn't finish. It was really off putting. How did anyone think this was good enough for release?

Why did they change actors?

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Volume level was a bit up and down, a bit too quiet at times. The story was great though and lots of accents.

Great story, little quiet at times.

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The story is passable but not up tp Stross’’ usual standard. The narration is appalling; the attempted English accents make Dick van Dyck seem professional. The nuances and subtleties are lost and there seem to be some on the fly editing and translations into american. Diction and timing are inconsistent. The amateurish narration is compounded by post production standards , sound levels vary wildly even on single words. The end product is difficult to listen to and not very enjoyable.

Sadly not worth the effort.

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Distractingly bad accents and characterization make this listen a real chore. I love the Laundry Files, so I've really tried to get through the bad parts. Sadly I just can't do it.

Poor performance prevents pleasurable pastime

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A pretty interesting story made unbearable by the constant use totally horrendous accents. I struggled to follow the pilot because of how distractingly poor the narrator is, and I had to force myself to complete it so I can try the next book. How on earth did this make it through the editing/approval process?

Accents are intolerable

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