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THE APOCALYPSE CODEX Ace Books by Charles Stross SINGULARITY SKY IRON SUNRISE ACCELERANDO THE ATROCITY ARCHIVES GLASSHOUSE HALTING STATE SATURN’S CHILDREN THE JENNIFER MORGUE WIRELESS THE FULLER MEMORANDUM RULE 34 THE APOCALYPSE CODEX THE APOCALYPSE CODEX CHARLES STROSS ACE BOOKS, NEW YORK THE BERKLEY PUBLISHING GROUP Published by the Penguin Group Penguin Group (USA) Inc. 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, USA Penguin Group (Canada), 90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 700, Toronto, Ontario M4P 2Y3, Canada (a division of Pearson Penguin Canada Inc.) • Penguin Books Ltd., 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England • Penguin Group Ireland, 25 St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2, Ireland (a division of Penguin Books Ltd.) • Penguin Group (Australia), 250 Camberwell Road, Camberwell, Victoria 3124, Australia (a division of Pearson Australia Group Pty. Ltd.) • Penguin Books India Pvt. Ltd., 11 Community Centre, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi—110 017, India • Penguin Group (NZ), 67 Apollo Drive, Rosedale, Auckland 0632, New Zealand (a division of Pearson New Zealand Ltd.) • Penguin Books (South Africa) (Pty.) Ltd., 24 Sturdee Avenue, Rosebank, Johannesburg 2196, South Africa Penguin Books Ltd., Registered Offices: 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England This is an original publication of The Berkley Publishing Group. This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental. The publisher does not have any control over and does not assume any responsibility for author or third-party websites or their content. Copyright © 2012 by Charles Stross. Jacket illustration by Mark Fredrickson. Text design by Kristin del Rosario. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, scanned, or distributed in any printed or electronic form without permission. Please do not participate in or encourage piracy of copyrighted materials in violation of the author’s rights. Purchase only authorized editions. ACE and the “A” design are trademarks of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. FIRST EDITION: July 2012 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Stross, Charles. The apocalypse codex / Charles Stross. — 1st ed. p. cm. — (A laundry files novel) ISBN: 978-1-101-58113-1 1. Howard, Bob (Fictitious character)—Fiction. 2. Evangelists— Fiction. 3. Geeks (Computer enthusiasts)—Fiction. 4. Intelligence service— Great Britain—Fiction. 5. Demonology—Fiction. I. Title. PR6119.T79A66 2012 823’.92—dc23 2012008569 PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 ALWAYS LEARNING PEARSON FOR TERESA NIELSEN HAYDEN ACKNOWLEDGMENTS As usual, I’d like to thank my regular test readers for their sterling work in kicking the tires. In addition, I’d like to thank my agent Caitlin Blasdell and her assistant, Hannah Bowman; TNH (the best editor I never had); and Marty Halpern (who has gone above and beyond the call of duty for any copy editor in his work on the Laundry Files). In a hierarchy every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence. —Dr. Laurence J. Peter, The Peter Principle Table of Contents Prologue Office Job 1. Bloodstone Caper 2. Skills Matrix 3. Big Tent 4. External Assets 5. Bashful Incendiary Interlude Absolution 6. Jet Lag 7. Communion 8. Omega Course 9. Speaking In Tongues 10. Things To Do In Denver When You’re Doomed 11. The Apocalypse Codex 12. With A Bible And A Gun 13. Fimbulwinter 14. Appointment In Samarra 15. Black Bag Job 16. The Resurrection And The Life Epilogue Aftermath Classified Appendix
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