Teaser Tuesday is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Books and a Beat.
Anyone can play along! Just do the following:
• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!
This is my choice of the day:
The Nightmare Stacks – Book 7 of The Laundry Files by Charles Stross
64%: “What if it isn’t? Suppose it’s a national security problem. Suppose those bodies, for the sake of argument, were Russian Spetsnaz special forces soldiers who were here as pathfinders for an invasion. Here to kill civil authorities, fuck stuff up, and raise hell right before a paratroop assault. Suppose also that they’ve had the supreme bad luck to try and break into a camouflaged Ministry of Defense installation with lethal countermeasures and got themselves killed. So it’s actually not a normal crime, but an act of war. What would your priorities be then?”
Sergeant Gracie stares at him in horror. “You’re kidding me.”
BLURB: Alex Schwartz had a promising future – until he contracted an unfortunate bout of vampirism, and agreed (on pain of death) to join the Laundry, Britain’s only counter-occult secret agency. His first assignment is in Leeds – his old hometown. The thought of telling his parents that he’s lost his old job, let alone them finding out about his ‘condition’, is causing Alex more anxiety than learning how to live as a vampire secret agent preparing to confront multiple apocalypses. His only saving grace is Cassie Brewer, a student appearing in the local Goth Festival, who flirts with him despite his awkward personality and massive amounts of sunblock.
But Cassie has secrets of her own – secrets that make Alex’s night life seem positively normal…
I was thrilled when I managed to get hold of a NetGalley arc of this book, as I’m a huge fan of The Laundry Files, which is one of the best urban fantasy thriller series I’ve read. Alex is a character we first encounter in The Rhesus Chart and I’m delighted to meet up with him, again. I’ll be posting the review of this one, hopefully, during the week.
I am a fan of urban fantasy but have never heard of this series. I’m off to find the first one. My teaser this week comes from a new fantasy – The Waking Fire by Anthony Ryan. Happy reading!
Oh, I loved this teaser. I must check this book out. Here’s my TT http://bit.ly/291fNd3
Thank you, Anna:) I’m just popping across to check out your TT.
I really wish I could love urban fantasy, but I’m glad you are thrilled to have this one. It definitely sounds intense and the character is facing many challenges. Enjoy! Here’s mine: “FLIGHT PATTERNS”
I love the teaser and its a new book for me so thanks for sharing!
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You’re welcome:). If you are considering reading this series, it really is worth starting at the beginning as there is a real character progression.
I love your teaser! I can feel the tension! I haven’t yet tried this series, but I would like to.
I have never heard of this series before. I think it sounds like something that I will enjoy. I am going to add it to that old TBR! 🙂
This is whole series is really something special – particularly if you enjoy dry Brit-humour and office politics. But I hear what you say about that TBR… frankly I think I ought to move house into a library wing and have done with it!
An act of war? Eek…
Ok, that is scary D: Urban fantasy’s not normally for me, but I may have to check this one out.
It is an superb series, but do start with the first book, which is The Atrocity Archives – you’ll miss so much if you read this particular series out of order.
Your review of the previous volume had definitely stuck in my head, because after one glance at the cover and the author, I thought “Oh, I know this one!”
I guess after you review this one, I probably will fill compelled to finally read it (or at least purchase it, so I have one less excuse).