The Apocalypse Codex
core novel 2012 The Laundry Files
Record
| First published | 2012 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 4.18 (11,570 ratings, collected 2026-10-28) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781937007461 |
| Internal chronology | 4 |
Synopsis
Singled out for promotion after his performance in the field, Bob Howard is assigned to investigate Raymond Schiller, an American televangelist preaching a prosperity gospel who is building influence in Britain. Because the Laundry cannot move against him openly, Bob works alongside outside help: Persephone Hazard, a freelance witch and secret agent, and Peter Wilson, a vicar who is an expert on biblical apocrypha. Together they discover that Schiller serves an extremely dangerous entity and is working to bring about the end of the world. Stross wrote the book in the manner of Peter O'Donnell's Modesty Blaise novels, and it won the 2013 Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Laundry Files
- Series: The Laundry Files core; position 4 of 15 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Charles Stross
Awards (verified)
- Locus Award (Best Fantasy Novel), 2013: won
Notes
- From the series record (The Laundry Files): The main sequence about the Laundry, Britain's secret occult intelligence agency, from Bob Howard's first field mission to the agency's end.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.
- Publication order, within the series The Laundry Files: position 6 of 15: previous The Fuller Memorandum (2010) · next Equoid (2013)
- Internal chronology, within The Laundry Files: position 7 of 14: previous Season of Skulls (2023) · next The Rhesus Chart (2014)
Sources
- Wikipedia: The Laundry Files
- Wikipedia: Charles Stross bibliography
- Reader ratings: Laundry Files series page
- Publishers Weekly: The Apocalypse Codex (Ace, 2012)
- Science Fiction Awards Database: Charles Stross
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