The Delirium Brief
- Published2017
- Read in 2022
- Genre Sci-fi/fantasy
- Related to Dead Lies Dreaming
Synopsis
An old enemy of The Laundry, a preacher from the USA, is coming to British soil.
The Laundry is already not going well because of the invasion of elves (alfars) that made it public. Because it is public, it becomes political.
The Laundry discovers that it's going to be privatized, and that it's partly a plan by the preacher, to take over Great Britain.
The laundry last resort was to call an elder god, cold the Black Pharaoh, that is incarnated by the Mandate.
It's the end of Britain, but on The Laundry's term.
The Laundry is already not going well because of the invasion of elves (alfars) that made it public. Because it is public, it becomes political.
The Laundry discovers that it's going to be privatized, and that it's partly a plan by the preacher, to take over Great Britain.
The laundry last resort was to call an elder god, cold the Black Pharaoh, that is incarnated by the Mandate.
It's the end of Britain, but on The Laundry's term.
My take
Like all The Laundry files book, it has the same more or less rythm -- it starts long with the setting, and then it ends with a lots of actions. What I like with Stross is that it has a lot really well written paragraphs. In this one, there were 2 memorables about privatizations. It's also nice to see that Charles stross has been working in the last three books giving hints of things to come. And this is it, "New Management", Capitalism taking over bureaucracy