What happens when it turns out the HP Lovecraft was right, and that the monsters from without can be summoned and (to some extent) controlled by a perfectly rational experimental science? That’s the premise of this book, the first of the “Laundry files” series, that combines horror, science fiction, comedy, and an exploration of the social hierarchies and deep plotting that turn up in civil service institutions.

5/5. Finished Wednesday 12 February, 2020.

(Originally published on Goodreads.)