When a strange string of deaths involving small men trying to lift heavy objects strikes 1950s New York City -- including a diminutive choir director crushed by his own massive organ -- Dr. Bernard Franks, explorer, scientist and inventor of the electric can opener, takes the case. But his investigation uncovers a much larger plot by a former Nazi scientist to take over the world -- starting the The Ed Sullivan Show. Can the doctor overcome his financial and father issues long enough to foil the evil professor and his four-armed army? And will he ever find love and move out of his mother's basement? The answers are yes, no and maybe, but you'll have to read to book to learn the order.