The Laundry Files are fun again.

Less bureaucracy more alien in a strange land.

We leave our high ranking heroes from previous books to follow in the footsteps of younger characters more on the tactical rather than the strategic level.

With one of the major characters giving us the adversaries view point and vinyets into officers view points, we are in on the plans and the assets involved. No deus ex machina here. No sudden twist out of left field.

The fun is in seeing the moguls and wizards trying to cope with the bizarre and in rooting for the home team.