The Gnomewrench in the Dwarfworks

Synopsis

From the back cover of the Ace first edition: "Little people... with BIG problems. Autumn 1944. While the war rages, 4-F draft reject Grady Cavanaugh works a boring job as an engineer for a small industrial furnace manufacturer in New England. The he receives an order for a rather unique furnace - built to accommodate someone under three feet tall. Suspicious of the secrecy and odd accent of the buyer - Antony "Dutch" Van Der Woeden - Grady decides to investigate. What he discovers defies imagination..."