Langan also, thank goodness, avoids any tie-in to Judaeo-Christian anything, which means that, outlandish as the mythology behind the book may seem, I can't reject it out of hand because it's something I've rejected already.There were occasional places where I thought Langan's reach exceeded the power of his prose, but the book is well-written and Langan is a very thoughtful guy (I am listening to a podcast called "Talking Scared" and he is certainly steeped in his chosen genre's history and traditions). Lovecraft being cosmic horror's exemplar) as to seem like a pastiche, or an homage, or anything like that.
It's a great example of what the kids today call "cosmic horror," but it is not so Lovecraftian (H. I thought this a superb horror novel and finished it in two days.
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