The Fetish Files

Augustus Drummond is a major leader within the FBI, who heads a special unit of Bureau agents, assembled to deal with the most heinous crimes imaginable. His insights and uncanny understanding about crime have in part been influenced by his brutal childhood, where an incident of violence against him opened his mind to unexpected power and understanding. His team experiences a dramatic change, when Sonia Connelly, a gifted, multi-talented agent, joins their group and becomes Drum's lover. Their love sustains them, even as they are embroiled in combating crimes that involve cannibalism, abduction and sexual sadism. Strange fetishes that encourage some of the darkest feelings in the human condition fuel many of these crimes. In the face of these dreadful situations, their relationship crystalizes after they experience the loving support of a Navajo holy man who guides them to their "inner warriors." Valkyrie, a mysterious and disturbing character who chooses that ancient name, provokes much of the action in L M Reker's novel, which is a blend of stark polarities with love and compassion at one pole, and ferocious violence at the other. It also asks the question, "What's your fetish?"