I enjoyed this a lot more than the last Ramsey Campbell I read, I think his books are better if the protagonist is aware of the supernatural peril earlier, rather than pushing on oblivious until the final undeniable bit at the end when it eats them. Lovecraftian and the first in a trilogy, so more to look forward to. Narrator was American trying to do a British, though not Liverpudlian, accent, and kept running afoul of vowels.