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'''''The Rhesus Chart'''''<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;"> is [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18211295-the-rhesus-chart due to be] the fifth novel by </span>Charles Stross<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;"> in his "Laundry" series of </span>Lovecraftian<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;"> spy </span>thrillers.{{Template:Book
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'''''The Rhesus Chart'''''<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;"> is the fifth novel by </span>[[Charles Stross]] <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;">in his "Laundry" series of </span>Lovecraftian<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19px;"> spy </span>thrillers.{{Template:Book
 
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Author Charles Stross opened a [http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2014/07/spoiler-thread.html discussion on his blog about The Rhesus chart].
 
   
 
==Plot==
 
==Plot==
<p style="line-height:19px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">The Rhesus Chart takes place one month after the events of [[The Apocalypse Codex]] .</p>
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<p style="line-height:19px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">[[File:TheRhesusChart.jpg|thumb|left|The Rhesus Chart variant cover]]The Rhesus Chart takes place one month after the events of [[The Apocalypse Codex]].</p>
 
<p style="line-height:19px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;"><span style="line-height:normal;">Of all of the supernatural horrors encountered by the Laundry, Vampires is not one of them.  Mention them, and you're sure to not be taken seriously.</span></p>
 
<p style="line-height:19px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;"><span style="line-height:normal;">Of all of the supernatural horrors encountered by the Laundry, Vampires is not one of them.  Mention them, and you're sure to not be taken seriously.</span></p>
   
 
<p style="line-height:19px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;"><span style="line-height:normal;">When a group of investment bankers discover an arcane algorithm that gives them an aversion to sunlight and a taste for blood, somebody is trying to hide it from Her Majesty's Extra Secret Service. [[Robert "Bob" Howard|Bob]], of course, finds himself right in the middle of it.</span></p>
 
<p style="line-height:19px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;"><span style="line-height:normal;">When a group of investment bankers discover an arcane algorithm that gives them an aversion to sunlight and a taste for blood, somebody is trying to hide it from Her Majesty's Extra Secret Service. [[Robert "Bob" Howard|Bob]], of course, finds himself right in the middle of it.</span></p>
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==<span style="line-height:normal;">References</span>==
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<p style="line-height:19px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;"><span style="line-height:normal;">[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114746/reference Twelve Monkeys]</span></p>
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<p style="line-height:19px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;"><span style="line-height:normal;">[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0289043/reference 28 Days Later]</span></p>
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<p style="line-height:19px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;"><span style="line-height:normal;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Stand The Stand] - Captain Trips</span></p>
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<p style="line-height:19px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;">[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Long_Good_Friday The Long Good Friday]</p>
 
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Revision as of 00:59, 12 April 2019

The Rhesus Chart is the fifth novel by Charles Stross in his "Laundry" series of Lovecraftian spy thrillers.

The Rhesus Chart
TRC-photo
Author Charles Stross
Publication date July 1, 2014
Published by Ace
ISBN 0425256863
Timeline Order
Preceded by
The Apocalypse Codex
Followed by
The Annihilation Score

 

Author Charles Stross opened a discussion on his blog about The Rhesus chart.

Plot

TheRhesusChart

The Rhesus Chart variant cover

The Rhesus Chart takes place one month after the events of The Apocalypse Codex.

Of all of the supernatural horrors encountered by the Laundry, Vampires is not one of them.  Mention them, and you're sure to not be taken seriously.

When a group of investment bankers discover an arcane algorithm that gives them an aversion to sunlight and a taste for blood, somebody is trying to hide it from Her Majesty's Extra Secret Service. Bob, of course, finds himself right in the middle of it.

References

Twelve Monkeys

28 Days Later

The Stand - Captain Trips

The Long Good Friday