In the first installment of Joshua Mohr's Viking Punk saga, a West Oakland musician acquires a new name and new calling. Chasing down a gang of thieves, Saint the Terrifying turns a gritty urban detective story into the stuff of legend. Saint's an ex-con still coming to terms with his origin story. Raised in the wilds of Norway by an artisan father famed for his glass-blown birds, Saint trained daily in ancient Norse martial arts with a bear as his sparring partner. One day, his father makes a critical mistake, forcing Saint to leave his home forever, and move to San Francisco. Years later and fresh out of prison, Saint finds himself immersed in the Oakland punk music scene. On stage, he's struggling to find his identity as a guitar player in a mediocre band. Off stage, his unique skill-set (not to mention superhero-like strength) makes him useful to Oakland's DIY warehouse community who are on the hunt for the sinister criminals responsible for a serial theft of local band equipment.
