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The Rhesus Chart Audiobook, by Charles Stross Play Audiobook Sample

The Rhesus Chart Audiobook

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Read By: Gideon Emery Publisher: Recorded Books, Inc. Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 8.83 hours at 1.5x Speed 6.63 hours at 2.0x Speed Series: The Laundry Files Series Release Date: July 2014 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781470380274

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

19

Longest Chapter Length:

55:48 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

30:49 minutes

Average Chapter Length:

42:05 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

33

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Publisher Description

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....

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“Stunning incarnation of magic as a branch of applied mathematics. As always, of course, the devils are in the details…Stross at the top of his game—which is to say, few do it better. Pounce!”

— Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Awards

  • One of Kirkus Reviews’ Best Books of 2014

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  • Overall Performance: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5 Narration Rating: 4 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 54 out of 5 Story Rating: 5 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 55 out of 5

    — Sara Cosgrove, 4/25/2017

About Charles Stross

Charles Stross is the author of the bestselling Merchant Princes series, the Laundry series, and several stand-alone novels, including Glasshouse, Accelerando, and Saturn’s Children. Born in Leeds, England, in 1964, Stross studied in London and Bradford, earning degrees in pharmacy and computer science. Over the next decade and a half he worked as a pharmacist, a technical writer, a software engineer, and eventually as a prolific journalist covering the IT industry. His short fiction began attracting wide attention in the late 1990s; his first novel, Singularity Sky, appeared in 2003. He has subsequently won the Hugo Award twice. He lives with his wife in Edinburgh, Scotland, in a flat that is slightly older than the state of Texas.

About Gideon Emery

Gideon Emery was raised in England and South Africa, where he won the National Vita Award for Comedy and a Gold Craft Award for Voice-over. Now based in Los Angeles, he has appeared on such television series as 24, Burn Notice, Eleventh Hour, CSI:NY, and Moonlight. His film credits include Primeval, Train, and Takers. He is also an in-demand voice for video games.