A Conventional Boy

by Charles Stross

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In A Conventional Boy, the fate of the world will depend on a roll of the dice... twenty-sided dice, that is.

In 1984, Derek Reilly was just another teenage nerd growing up in middle England. But his love of D&D caused him to fall afoul of the Laundry, a government agency tasked with suppressing supernatural threats. It turns out that sometimes ninth level wizard spells drawn on the back of your maths textbook can look suspiciously like actual magic...

Decades later, Derek is a long-term inmate at Camp Sunshine, a centre for deprogramming captured cultists. But Derek finally has reason...

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  • ISBN10 0356524647
  • ISBN13 9780356524641
  • Publish Date 7 January 2025
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Orbit
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 224
  • Language English