So yeah, there is still satire here, but it is more of a clever adventure novel that plays with the tried and true stereotypes and cliches. Where the first book was a satire of office culture and adventure mystery novels with a Lovecraftian spin, this one purposely plays a dashing British Spy story straight with the formula, but all the while it taps its nose and winks at you. The Atrocity Archives and The Jennifer Morgue are just two different books. However, in terms of a Did-I-Enjoy-This-Book scale, it remains equal. If you read the first book in this series, then honestly this book is probably better written than that one. Lighter on the satire, heavier on the adventure, still a fun ride. However, you can get past this bias and just enjoy the story. What he really, really, really hates is American-style, pro-life, evangelical Christianity. And we know that while Charles Stross has a problem with religion. The snark factor has gone down as the Laundry series has continued. This third in the Laundry series move Bob along in his life, his relationship with his significant other- Mo, his next ina series of matrix management bosses, his father-son relationship with his true mentor in an entertaining story that makes Bob into the James Bond-like damsel in distress. It's up to Bob to stop the bad guy and save the world, while getting receipts for all expenditures or else face the most dreaded menace of all: the Laundry's own auditors. Now a ruthless billionaire intends to try again, even if by doing so he awakens the Great Old Ones, who thwarted the earlier expedition. In 1975, the CIA used Howard Hughes's Glomar Explorer in a bungled attempt to raise a sunken Soviet submarine in order to access the Jennifer Morgue, an occult device that allows communication with the dead. An MI-6/MI-5 type agency with all the bureaucratic ISO nightmares, created to control the demons and other horrible things that no one else believes really exist. And Bob Howard- a computer geek - works for the Laundry. Scary things from your nightmares are real.
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