Billy Halleck, good husband and loving father, is both beneficiary and victim of the American good life: He has an expensive home, a nice family, and a rewarding career as a lawyer...but he is also fifty pounds overweight and edging into heart attack country.
Then, in a moment of carelessness, Billy sideswipes an old Gypsy woman as she is crossing the street -- and her ancient father passes a bizarre and terrible judgment on him, "Thinner," the old Gypsy man whispers. Just one word...but six weeks later and ninety-three pounds lighter, Billy Halleck is terrifed. And desperate enough for one last gamble...that will lead him to a nightmare showdown with the forces of evil melting his flesh away.