The Delirium Brief: A Laundry Files Novel

The sheer waste of human potential that was the New Republic’s raison d’être offended her sensibilities as badly as a public book-burning, or a massacre of innocents.

“Hello, Martin. What can I do for you?” “Got a problem.” “A big one?” “Female human-sized.”

The first rule of space travel...is that mistakes are fatal. Space isn’t friendly; it kills you. And there are no second chances.”