Johnny

Possibly the best scenario-based work I have ever read.

It is a page-turner of cold war thriller quality. Yet you can inhale it in an afternoon - I was unable to put it down at least. The scenario is well developed, despite the compression and action focus. The analysis and argument is compelling.
If you read newspapers, own a social media account or vote in elections, you should read it.

Aimed at young men trying to find their legs, and situated largely in a US cultural context, I am not the target audience. Author does a god job for the audio book.

The five stars are really six stars; alternatively I should go back and rescore a lot of my past reading to make room. The empathy and sensibility in this perspective-flip of Lovecraft's canon lends a strong emotional grip to an already captivating plot.
I cant wait to read more from Emrys!

Thoroughly situated in American culture, probably of limited use to you if you're Scandinavian for example.

Super clear and to the point; impressive amount of knowledge conveyed in a very brief book.

Only criticisms from my point:
- it is ultimately Eurocentric in perspective; I'd have liked to have heard a bit more about other continents and places; Polynesia for example.

- it seems to want to stake a position in a current debate, but isn't taking the time to develop that position and it is largely unsubstantiated; why do the nations of the world need to come together to manage migration? Is that even possible? When has it worked?

We aren't told, and from a historian I would have liked that perspective.