By far one of the WEIRDEST books I've ever read. A lot of talk about the end of the world, and religions with krakens as gods...it was just very odd. I felt like I was reading a different language half the time. Granted some of that comes from my unfamiliarity with British slang, but really the whole vocabulary surrounding the people who could do "magic" confused me to no end. I obviously liked it well enough to finish it, but I'm not sure if I'll read another of his soon. Goss and Subby were the creepiest, most disturbing villains I've read in a while. The description of how they killed the guy in the jail cell...still gives me the shivers.