The world sees an obese drifter ordering too much food, driving an RV, and keeping to himself. What it does not see is the war he fights in secret.
Drawn by magic to the places where monsters break through, he saves towns that will never know his name. His power is real, but cruel: it burns through fat, then leaves him ravenous until the next threat is dead. He has endured the hunger, the shame, and the loneliness because someone has to stand between humanity and the things that hunt it.
Then a vampire finds the one weakness no monster has ever used against him.
Not his body.
His resentment.
In a desert town pulsing with wild magic, the hunter is offered everything he has ever wanted: strength, beauty, respect, and freedom from the curse. To save the town, he may have to reject the only escape he has ever been given.