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Dead Lies Dreaming

In a Britain where magic is commonplace, a policewoman and petty criminals enter a heist for a forbidden spellbook. Its discovery may hasten an occult catastrophe.

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In a world where magic has gone mainstream, a policewoman and a group of petty criminals are pulled into a heist to find a forbidden book of spells that should never be opened.

A new adventure begins in the world of the Laundry Files.

Dead Lies Dreaming presents a nightmarish vision of a Britain sliding unknowingly towards occult cataclysm . . .

'Grim, hilarious, inventive - make the video game now please' Tamsyn Muir

First published: 2020
Publisher: Orbit
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