DI Liz Kavanaugh: You realise policing internet porn is your life and your career went down the pan five years ago. But when a fetishist dies on your watch, the Rule 34 Squad moves from low priority to worryingly high profile.

Anwar: As an ex-con, you'd like to think your identity fraud days are over. Especially as you've landed a legit job (through a shady mate). Although now that you're Consul for a shiny new Eastern European Republic, you've no idea what comes next.

The Toymaker: Your meds are wearing off and people are stalking you through Edinburgh's undergrowth. But that's OK, because as a distraction, you're project manager of a sophisticated criminal operation. But who's killing off potential recruits?

So how do bizarre domestic fatalities, dodgy downloads and a European spamming network fit together? The more DI Kavanaugh learns, the less she wants to find out.

* Author has a large online fanbase and blogs at www.antipope.org/charlie. He can be found on twitter at @cstross. *Charles Stross is a regular at many UK and international science fiction conventions. * Review copies will be mailed to the online, print and blogging press. * Book will be featured on www.orbitbooks.net and in Orbit ezine.

About the Author
Charles Stross is a full-time science fiction writer and resident of Edinburgh, Scotland. The author of seven Hugo-nominated novels and winner of three Hugo awards for best novella, two of which are part of the Laundry Files series, Stross's works have been translated into over twelve languages. As the owner of degrees in pharmacy and computer science, he graduated as the world's only academically qualified cyberpunk writer just as cyberpunk died. Today he describes his job as telling lies for money and tormenting his imaginary friends. Follow his blog at http://www.accelerando.org/ and his Twitter feed at @cstross.

Reviews
Charles Stross writes hard SF, paranormal espionage and near-future techno-thrillers with equal facility and intelligence . . . Stross skilfully and accessibly demonstrates how reality is affected by virtual technology, and how life in Europe could soon change as a result. * Guardian *
A diamond-sharp piece of SF... a seriously entertaining and twisted crime thriller * SFX *
Weird and wonderful... a dizzying whirl of insights, beautiful and addictive * The Sun *


Awards
Short-listed for Arthur C Clarke Awards 2012 (UK).



Book Information
ISBN 9781841497747
Author Charles Stross
Format Paperback
Page Count 400
Imprint Orbit
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Weight(grams) 286g
Dimensions(mm) 198mm * 151mm * 29mm