Laundry is a British intelligence agency that specializes in supernatural threats. There are many of those, all carefully suppressed from the public, as the truth would cause panic. It turns out that Lovecraft and his descriptions of vile creatures preying on humanity were partly correct, but vastly optimistic. But as Laundry IS a British government agency, it takes proper bureaucratic procedures very seriously and paper clip audits are not unheard of. A new member of the organization is sent on a mission to the USA. He encounters a beautiful mathematical researcher, whose research might have supernatural significance. The supernatural world is contacted with a mix of mathematics and computers. Previously spells and such had some components right by accident which made them work in a haphazard way, at least sometimes. So, a good knowledge of both routers and some higher math is essential while trying to stop summoned devils and such, or defuse an occult plan the Nazis started during the second world war. Included in the book is a novella about using Medulla’s look, which turns everyone to stone on camcorders. A pretty good and fun book with a nice mixture of comedy and horror. The writing was pretty good and the characters were engaging. I would like to read the other parts sometime in the future – in the next ten years or so when there is enough time.
345 pp.
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