Beasts of Valhalla

He's an ex-circus performer turned hard-nosed New York private eye—with a Ph.D. in criminology and a black belt to boot. He's also a dwarf—which creates some problems even as it gives him special insight into the slings and arrows that pierce the human heart.

Now Mongo finds you can go home again—if you want to risk getting killed. Back in his Nebraska hometown, Mongo investigates a teenager's grisly death. The trail leads into a strange computer game...and a top secret project code-named Valhalla, where the bizarre isn't just the stuff of fiction—but evil made flesh and bones, and very, very real.