He touted the premise as mash-up of HP Lovecraft and Law & Order (the man has a true gift for selling a pitch), and the story unfolds as just that: we're introduced to Detective Sebastian Greene, who has been a case-solving machine for the Minor Crimes unit for the last two months. Unbeknownst to the rest of the NYPD precinct (who thinks his quirks are a byproduct of being Canadian), Greene is in fact a Lovecraftian creature who has inhabited the body of a mediocre policeman (with Greene's presence stuck in its grotesque body in a separate dimension).

One of the strengths of this book is the incredible descriptions of Greene's seventeen senses - perks of being derived from the Great Race. The scientific aspects are detailed and well-defined, and Greene's matter-of-fact explanations of how wonderful the Great Race really are subtle and full of longing - this character comes from a race that is beyond intimate, in a way that humans' brains simply can't grasp. It's haunting, really, how Greene describes what it's like to be in this world surrounded by people that repulse him.