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# The Delirium Brief: A Laundry Files Novel (Laundry Files, 8)

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    Bob is back, and so is Stross's usual wit (albeit much darker)
  

*by S***G on Reviewed in the United States on July 11, 2017*

I am hard-pressed to imagine any fan of the series who isn't anxiously awaiting the fallout of the last book! That fallout is here, and it threatens to be far worse than I had imagined.The Laundry has finally come to the attention of the British political establishment. They start the book amidst great uncertainty, with The Powers That Be horrified to discover a completely overlooked security agency engaged in international special ops with no oversight, and so careless that they can't stop a surprise alfar invasion without five plane crashes. The politicians become much more concerned with managing optics than with managing OPERA CAPE. So far so good. We see Bob, of all people, drafted into emergency damage control. We see Mahogany Row scrambling to implement their burn-before-reading emergency legal contingency plan. But on page thirty-nine we see the ominous return of a figure I was not expecting, who promises to make the political struggle for control of the Laundry a desperate affair indeed.In the face of an existential threat not just to the Laundry but to all of Britain, how far are they prepared to go?  In many ways, this book reminds me of Jim Butcher's Changes, in which the protagonist is placed in a desperate situation that requires more and more compromises that would have once been unthinkable.We knew that the Laundry was determined to not go gentle into that good Case Nightmare Green, but here we see how ungentle things are becoming.This isn't just a fun (if horrifying) story; it is also fun to read.  Stross retains his full brilliance not just at plot, but also at the sentence and paragraph mechanics of writing, choosing terms and witticisms that fit the tone perfectly. I rarely need kindle's "look up the meaning of this word" feature, but I did here, and it was always a spot-on choice. I knew my brother will be reading my copy right behind me, so I suppressed the urge to read him the occasional extra-gripping paragraph.  I couldn't stop myself from leaving the occasional note, usually "Eep!"He also does a wonderful job of cutting away at key moments to show the broader consequences of what's going on, or to present an apparent non sequitur that turns out to be crucial to the plot.When does the next one come out?

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    The Best Yet
  

*by D***3 on Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2017*

I discovered the Laundry Files series less than a year ago and have become more enamored of it with each successive book. Mr. Stross has always been clear that the series won't have a happy ending, but that doesn't mean it isn't fun to read. "Delirium Brief" mixes criticism of the British political system with a twisty, tense plot, sardonic humor and wonderful characters.In "Delirium Brief" the Laundry finds itself in dire straits. CASE NIGHTMARE GREEN is worsening. The agency has lost many of its longtime agents to death or arrest (see "The Nightmare Stacks" for why), and a villain from a prior book has resurfaced and is suborning the British government in a very bad way. An intrepid group of agents remains and has gone dark to try to carry on the fight. What to do?The book is tightly written and the plot twists are nonstop. Some of the prior books in the series have been criticized for slower, more introspective parts disrupting the action, but that is not the case here. It's very difficult to put this book down. Another strong point: Bob Howard is back as the narrator. Most of the book is written from his point of view, and we get to see just what he is capable of now that he's free of Angleton's restraint. (It's never been explicitly stated that Angleton had Bob under a geas after the events of "The Fuller Memorandum," but I rather think that had to be the case.) We also get to see more of the Senior Auditor, Dr. Armstrong, aka King of the Badass Bureaucrats.My one criticism: two characters who reappear in the series do so with significant changes which (in my opinion) are inadequately explained. The best way to put it is that we learn through dialogue what has happened, but it's very incomplete. My hope is that this will be covered further in the next book. The hard part is waiting for the next book! Well done, Mr. Stross. This one is a winner.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 







  
  
    The Howard Continuity
  

*by P***J on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 17, 2017*

I hugely enjoyed the  "The Nightmare Stacks" but by the end of it I did think that with all the devastation caused and the Elves from Hell riding in ,that  there were going to be some pretty major ramifications and changes in store for the next in the series. But really Mr Stross-Wow. Game changer and a half. I'll admit to being  a  little sad as I read  through the first third of it, very dark and unpredictable times indeed,and what occurs feels like a proper loss to the series. After a slowish reintroduction of many older characters and threads from virtually all the previous novels you do worry and wonder where its all actually heading , but as Bob says "When the day  suddenly turned all to sh...."  it really picked up rapidly to make for a very riveting  and unexpectedly diverting story, so much so  I never would have  ever anticipated it would end up going where it did  (unlike the Senior Auditor).And  against an old enemy that by the very prick ,prick, pricking of my thumbs, something  evil (and nasty) this way comes!!  I'd also like to give absolutely full marks to Charles for probably putting off a fair percentage  of his female readership (and the blokes!!!! ) from having sex for at least a month ,with a few  brief but horribly well described scenes. I really could have done without THAT before I tried to get to sleep (just joking ,I did laugh, in a fairly uncomfortable fashion). For  the rest of it I'd say Mr Stross has done an excellent piece of work by making it very relevant to the times , by showing just  how a media ruled government often reacts to a crisis by making dreadfull knee jerk reactions and taking decisions based almost solely on self serving interests and poorly informed public outrage .But by combining this with many of the older storylines he continues to upgrade and refresh the series , making this one a more modern kind of spy thriller, with a strong  "Mission Impossible"  theme to it.Really really  enjoyed it and now I can kind of see where its all going ,though it does  leave a few strong possiblities open (I did  note the "equipment failure" with some trepidation) and I do suspect it will  all end( with some tears) in the not to distant future.

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