The Annihilation Score
The Annihilation Score by Charles Stross is a reprint edition published by Penguin on June 28, 2016. This 416-page book presents a supernatural case from The Laundry Files, where the protagonist, Dominique O’Brien, known as Mo, navigates her dual existence as a civil servant and an operative for the occult security service of Her Majesty’s Government. The narrative explores the challenges she faces as dark supernatural forces threaten humanity, particularly when an antique violin, crafted from human bone, becomes a focal point of danger in her life.
Readers will find that Mo’s role as custodian of this sinister instrument complicates her relationship with her husband, Bob Howard, as it invades her dreams and poses a threat to her colleagues. The story delves into themes of fantasy and horror, intertwining elements of the paranormal with the everyday lives of its characters. This edition invites readers into a world where the mundane meets the extraordinary, as Mo grapples with the uncontrollable power of the violin and its implications for her life and those around her.
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From the Hugo Award-winning author of The Rhesus Chart comes another supernatural case from The Laundry Files…
Dominique O’Brien—her friends call her Mo—lives a curious double life with her husband, Bob Howard. To the average civilian, they’re boring middle-aged civil servants. But within the labyrinthine secret circles of Her Majesty’s Government, they’re operatives working for the nation’s occult security service known as the Laundry, charged with defending Britain against dark supernatural forces threatening humanity.
Unfortunately, one of those supernatural threats has come between Mo and Bob. An antique violin, an Erich Zahn original, made of white human bone, was designed to produce music capable of slaughtering demons. Mo is the custodian of this unholy instrument. It invades her dreams and yearns for the blood of her colleagues—and her husband. And despite Mo’s proficiency as a world-class violinist, it cannot be controlled…
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