Trashy, clever and fun. Pretty much perfect and a great twist on the spy thriller using elements we're all familiar with along with a dose of Cthulhu-esque horror. Shame about the short at the end, this should have been left out as it really isn't up to the same standard as the novel. ( )

Bob Howard is a geek, employed by Britains secret government agency for combating supernatural beings. And when a old entity from the depths of the ocean are about to be woken (and end the world as we know it) Who they gonna call? A lot of references to operating systems gives this novel av short lifespan. But if you read it right now it's an entertaining story with lot of nudges to both Ian Fleming and HP Lovecraft. WARNING! Do not read the last chapter or the essay about the Golden Age of Spying. Did the editor fall asleep? Scissors please! ( )

Nice well-written pulp read, exciting and quickly digestible - if you have a love for Lovecraft and a weakness for Intelligence Agencies and grand dark (yet humorous, a considerable upgrade from Lovecraft himself!) realities involving treatises between humans and the old ones that occupy the other 70% of Earth's surface.. well, then this Stross book is for you! ( )

Hmm not sure what the Decorating and Design part of the book is about. This is a really great book, very hard to put it down at night so I could have plenty of rest for work. It is an occult spy novel that makes you think, what could the government really be hiding from me. The main character Bob is thrown into an adventure he surly was not expecting and only James Bond could get him out of. The reference to Operating Systems and other technical jargon is much beloved by this reader since it is something dealt with on a daily basis. ( )

A good read for all of us who like to think we'd come charging to the rescue. ( )