The “extraordinary” (Booklist) novel of a cursed man’s quest to get the source of his nightmare and to reverse it before he becomes…nothing whatsoever. This #1 New York Situations bestseller from Stephen Ruler, composing as Richard Bachman, “pulsates with bad…[and] could have you around the edge of the seat” (Web publishers Weekly).

“You can’t do anything… It’s gone too much. You realize, Halleck? As well…far.

Lawyer Billy Halleck seriously enjoys living his lifestyle of upper-class excess. He’s got it all­-an about Leaner expensive home in Connecticut, a adoring family…and fifty extra pounds that his doctor repeatedly warns would be the death of him. After that, in an instant of carelessness, Halleck commits vehicular manslaughter when he strikes a jaywalking outdated woman crossing the street. But Halleck has some powerful regional connections, and gets off having a slap for the wrist…much towards the fury of the woman’s mysterious and ancient dad, who exacts revenge with a single phrase: “Leaner.” Right now a terrified Halleck discovers the weight once so difficult to shed dropping effortlessly-and rapidly-by the week. Quickly there will be nothing left of Billy Halleck…unless he can somehow locate the source of his living headache and reverse what’s happened to him before he utterly wastes apart…